MHG1235 - Cairn, Hallam Smallholdings

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CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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There is a large mound, a broch, on the farm of Skiall (ND 032 671). J Anderson 1873.

At ND 0375 6730, in an arable field on Hallam Smallholdings, adjacent to Skiall, is a mound, possibly the one referred to by Anderson. It is grass-covered, stony and roughly circular measuring 19.0m NW-SE by 18.0m and 2.3m high, situated on a slight natural rise. It is probably a cairn, not a broch; no structural details are evident. Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 11 September 1981.

Since the visit by OS field surveyor, the farmer at Hallam has skimmed the top layer of turf from the mound, and dug some 3.0m into the mound on the SE side side for road metalling. The content of slaty fragments and medium-sized slabs is exposed, but no wall-faces or constructions of any sort can be seen, and none were found in the course of excavation. This is definitely not a broch, and a cairn is the most likely explanation.
Visited by OS (N K B) 24 November 1981.

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--- SHG1281 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1873. ''Notice of the excavation of the brochs of Yarhouse, Brounaben, Bowermadden, Old Stirkake, and Dunbeath in Caithness; with remarks on the period of the brochs, and an appendix, containing a collected list of the brochs of Scotland, and early notices of m. Archaeol Scot. 131-98. 185.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 0375 6730 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND06NW
Civil Parish	REAY
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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