MHG2559 - Possible Long Cairn - Stemster
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CHAMBERED LONG CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The indefinite foundations of a number of circular buildings lie in SW corner of park immediately to W of Stemster policies. It is impossible to date them without excavation.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910
Not located. Visited by OS (R D) 10 November 1965
At ND 1810 6090, prominently situated in SW angle of a field on a gentle SW-facing slope is a long cairn, reduced and mutilated, and its southerly extent truncated by sunken course of old track. The turf-covered remains now measure 41m NE-SW along main axis, and maintain an average height of 0.5m throughout their entirety. The width is problematic but is estimated at 13m in SW increasing to 16m at higher NE end. No stonework suggestive of a chamber was noted. A later field bank flanks NW base of cairn and turns at right angles across NE end.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (J M) 29 October 1981
Not a long cairn. Foundations of buildings. J L Davidson, A S Henshall 1991
Long cairn. Dimensions: 40 x 15m. Sub-rectangular mound 0.5m high containing three hollows possibly denoting chambers. At SW end there are possibly traces of an original round cairn 10m in diameter, converted into long cairn. Orientation NE-SW.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2115 Text/Publication/Volume: Davidson, JL and Henshall, A S. 1991. The chambered cairns of Caithness: an inventory of the structures and their contents. 170.
- --- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 5, No. 15.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 1811 6090 (37m by 48m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND16SE |
| Civil Parish | THURSO |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/8506 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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