MHG11075 - Skelpick
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
NC75NW 11 7247 5687.
Cairn (NR) OS 6"map, (1964)
A large, well-preserved, round cairn on a slight knoll amid field clearance (NC75NW 8), and measuring 17.5m in diameter and 3m high. Although it has been disturbed there is no evidence of a cist, chamber or kerb but it appears to have been revetted by a rubble wall (c/f NC76SW 6).
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (J L D) 2 May 1960.
This cairn is generally as described. A slab, 1.4m by 0.8m by 0.3m lying just E of centre may have formed part of a cist or chamber. The revetting 'rubble wall' is not apparent.
Revised at 1/10,000. Visited by OS (J B) 19 September 1977.
Sources/Archives (12)
- --- SHG17947 Image/Photograph(s): Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17948 Image/Photograph(s): Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17949 Image/Photograph(s): Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17950 Image/Photograph(s): Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17951 Image/Photograph(s): Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17952 Image/Photograph(s): Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17953 Image/Photograph(s): Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17954 Image/Photograph(s): Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17995 Image/Photograph(s): Dail Na Drochaide & Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG17996 Image/Photograph(s): Dail Na Drochaide & Skelpick. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 83, No. 242.
- --- SHG3013 Text/Publication/Article: Donald Mackay & John Stuart. 1875. 'Notice of excavations in cairns in Strathnaver, Sutherlandshire.', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 10 1874, p.519-23. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 519-23. 519-23.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7246 5687 (14m by 14m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC75NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/6212 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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