MHG3163 - Cuidrach House

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CAIRN (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC to 551 BC)

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NG35NE 15 3816 5960.

(NG 3816 5960) Cairn (supposed) near Cuidrach House. About 400 yards E of Cuidrach House, and 100 yards S of a private road leading to it, on a slight rise in the moor about 100ft OD, is a setting of five stones forming a circle about 45ft in diameter, of which only one stone 2ft 2ins in height towards the SW is erect. Two of the four prostrate stones are only detected by probing. An oval mound of stones 12ft 6ins in length, 7ft 8ins in breadth and rising 1ft in height, lies to the SE of the centre.
RCAHMS 1928.

This feature is as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (A C) 6 August 1960.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 205, No. 644.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 3815 5960 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG35NE
Geographical Area	SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish	SNIZORT

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/11127 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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