MHG924 - Round Cairn, Cnoc Freiceadain

Summary

Site of late neolithic-bronze age round cairn.

Type and Period (1)

ROUND CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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None recorded

Full Description

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 8 September 1981.

Cairn (NR) OS 6"map, (1969)

This grass-covered round cairn, 0.8m maximum height, has been mutilated in N segment, revealing large rubble stones.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 November 1964.

The remains of a small round cairn with a diameter of about 35ft and a height of about 3ft. Much of it has been removed, but neither cist nor chamber has been exposed.
RCAHMS 1911.

Mound (NR) OS 6"map, (1907)

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. . 102, No. 371.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 0138 6585 (30m by 30m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND06NW
Civil Parish	REAY
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/7899 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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