MHG63515 - Clearance cairns - Bridge of Horn 'C'
Summary
Clearance cairns at Bridge of Horn.
Type and Period (1)
- CLEARANCE CAIRN (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
At NC 795 045, at the base of a steepening south-facing slope, is a close group of three similar hut circles (A-C), now overgrown with heather. They measure from 13m by 11.5m to 12.5m by 10.5m within tumbled walls spread from 2.5m-3.5m, and up to 0.6m high. The entrance in each case is in the south or south-south-east on the line of the longer axis. There is no definite evidence of cultivation around the huts, but some 200m to the NE are several stone clearance heaps and cleared ground, which are probably contemporary with the huts. Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 May 1981.
NGR adjusted based on 2020 vertical aerial photographs. <1>
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1568 Text/Publication/Article: Harden, J. 1990. 'Survey Dunrobin Glen (Golspie parish)', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1990, p.28. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 28. 28.
- <1> SHG28725 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2020. Getmapping aerial photography 2020.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7970 0466 (133m by 133m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC70SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | GOLSPIE |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (1)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/5951 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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