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MHG2328 - Burial cairn, Carn Liath

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Carn Liath (NR) Human Remains found (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

Cairn - "Cairn Liath", Flex Hill: The site of this large cairn, which has measured some 66' in diameter, is some 100 yds E of road.
RCAHMS 1911.

The remains of Carn Liath consist of a disturbed area of scattered stones c. 24m in diameter, with a maximum height of 1m. There is no trace of a cist nor a chamber. On edge of cairn in the SE are four large boulders, three prostrate and one upright, possibly from a kerb although there is no further trace of one. Running NW from NW edge of the cairn for about 22m is a line of turf-covered boulders, apparently part of a wall of indeterminate date.
Visited by OS (A A) 22 March 1972.

(ND 2576 5096) Cairn (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

Carn Liath, scattered remains of a cairn as described by previous
OS field surveyor. Visited by OS (N K B) 29 April 1982.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 2575 5096 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND25SE
Civil Parish	WATTEN
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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