Gerston
Long Cist(S) (Early Medieval)
Site Name Gerston
Classification Long Cist(S) (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 8323
Site Number ND15NW 4
NGR ND 1225 5932
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Halkirk
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
NE15NW 4 1225 5932.
(ND 1225 5932) Long Cists found 1852 (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1970)
Mr B Davidson (of Gerston) found three stone cists, containing human remains, lying parallel to each other. The cists were upwards of 6ft long (see also ND15NW 2 and ND15NW 3 ).
Name Book 1872
No further information.
Visited by OS (JB) 23 December 1981