MHG1344 - Long Cist with Burials, Gerston

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  • LONG CIST (Undated)

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Full Description

Long Cists found 1852 (NAT) OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1970)

Mr B Davidson (of Gerston) found three stone cists, containing human remains, lying parallel to each other. The cists were upwards of 6ft long (see also ND15NW 2 and 3).
Name Book 1872

No further information. Visited by OS (JB) 23 December 1981

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1225 5931 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND15NW
Civil Parish HALKIRK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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