Scheduled Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •
Tuesday 3rd December 11:00-15:00
During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Ussie
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Ussie
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Whiteleys
Canmore ID 12822
Site Number NH55NW 9
NGR NH 53042 56507
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12822
- Council Highland
- Parish Fodderty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH55NW 9 5304 5650.
(NH 53045650) Stone Circle (OE) (Remains of)
OS 6"map, (1938)
Ussie: On the crest, but not the summit, of a ridge stand a confused cluster of megalithic uprights within a disturbed and much denuded cairn.
V G Childe 1944.
Orkney-Cromarty; polygonal. The cairn is so denuded now, that it is impossible to estimate its original size and and form. Seven stones of the chamber remain more or less in position; but it is difficult to interpret the remains. Other large slabs lie about the site.
A S Henshall 1963.
As described above. One large stone at NH 53045650, has seven distinct cup marks on it.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 20 January 1963.
No change.
Visited by RCAMS March 1979.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Ussie (ROS 38) NH 530 565 NH55NW 9
The mound of this Orkney-Cromarty Cairn has been almost entirely removed, but the remains of what has probably been a polygonal chamber are still visible.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Henshall 1963-72, i, 356)
