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MHG2405 - Possible Kerb Cairn, Forse House

Summary

Site of a possible late Neolithic-Bronze Age kerb cairn. Evidence may also point towards the presence of a cist. An alternative interpretation suggests the feature may be a hut circle.

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A stony mound generally as described by the previous field investigator. It cannot be classified with certainty as a robbed cairn, as the two slabs, allegedly of a cist, occur some 2.0m from the perimeter, and may be the inner face of a wall, ie. of a hut circle.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 March 1983.

Cairn (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)

There is a turf-covered robbed cairn, 11.5m in diameter and 0.6m high, at ND 2032 3518, on a false crest at about 400ft OD.
Several stone slabs around the perimeter may indicate a kerb and two upright slabs in the centre set at right angles to each other, 0.2m high, may possibly be the remains of a cist.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 12 May 1967.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 2031 3518 (80m by 80m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND23NW
Civil Parish	LATHERON
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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