MHG1777 - Cairn, Stemster Hill

Summary

Site of cairn.

Type and Period (1)

  • CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

Cairn. Diameter: 28m. Grass and gorse-covered mound 1.3m high.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

No change. Visited by OS (J M) 28 October 1981

Cairn (NR) OS 6" map, (1970)

On E slope of Sordale Hill at about 300ft OD, there are the remains of a cairn measuring 13.5m in diameter by 1m high. It is grass and gorse covered and composed of earth and stones.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 11 November 1965.

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1638 6201 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND16SE
Civil Parish THURSO
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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