MHG650 - Burial Cairn, Rossy Hillock

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Type and Period (2)

BURIAL CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
(Alternate Type) BROCH (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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Rossy Hillock (Cairn) (NR) OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed. (1907)

The mound called 'Rossy Hillock' probably covers ruins of a broch, but it has been so long under cultivation that its dimensions are now quite indefinite.
RCAHMS 1911.

Rossy Hillock (NR) (site of) OS 6" map, (1970)

Rossy Hillock: As described above; classification and survey action are impracticable. The name is still known locally.
Revised at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 16 February 1965.

Rossy Hillock stands fairly prominently within an arable field. Although its margins are very poorly defined, it measures approximately 34.5m N-S by 30m and stands 1.3m high. It is more likely to be a burial cairn than a broch.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (J B) 7 December 1981.

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. . 124, No. 448.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 1552 6991 (42m by 45m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND16NE
Civil Parish	THURSO
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/8423 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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