MHG649 - Possible Cairn, Clindrag Tulloch

Summary

Site of possible late neolithic-bronze age burial cairn.

Type and Period (1)

CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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None recorded

Full Description

Cairn, "Clindrag Tulloch". Dimensions: 20 x 15m. Subcircular, grass-covered mound crossed by field wall to SW of which it has been ploughed. Orientation NE-SW. Visited in 1986.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

No change Visited by OS (J B) 22 December 1981

Clindrag Tulloch (NAT) Cairn (NR) OS 6" map, (1970)

Clindrag Tulloch a conical, grass-covered cairn 11m in diameter and 0.8m maximum height. The name is still known locally.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 18 February 1965

Clindrag Tulloch is a small grass-covered mound, some 40ft in diameter and 4ft high. Possibly it is a cairn but there is no surface indication of its character.
RCAHMS 1911

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 89, No. 329.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 1726 6744 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND16NE
Civil Parish	OLRIG
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/8381 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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