MHG12624 - Loch Loyal

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KERB CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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NC65SW 1 6212 5095.

(NC 6212 5095) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, (1961)

A prominent round cairn 16m in diameter and 1.5m high, with a kerb of contiguous large stones placed point upward. The cairn is heather-covered and has been robbed in the centre and on the S but no internal structure has been revealed.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; Visited by OS (J L D) 25 April 1960.

No change to the previous field report.
Visited by OS (J B) 6 September 1978.

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--- 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. . 186, No. 538.

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6211 5095 (80m by 80m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC65SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/5768 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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