Monument record MHG10622 - Tumulus, Norgate House
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7167 0281 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC70SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | ROGART |
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Full Description
NC70SW 24 7168 0281.
On 20th March 1867 a large tumulus was opened at Tordarroch (the 'Knoll of Oaks') about 1/2 mile above Pittenrail. It was about 25ft in diameter and 5ft high. It stood in a cultivated field, and its edges had been squared by the plough. It was composed principally of river-rolled stones. It contained a cist 2ft long.
L Tait 1870.
There is no evidence of a 'large tumulus' on Cnoc an Daraich, a natural knoll planted with oaks, measuring 42m N-S by 23m transversely, completely surrounded by a dry-stone wall. On the E side of a cultivated field at NC 7168 0281 there is a grass-covered mound of earth and river-rolled stones, 1.5m high, which is most probably the 'tumulus' referred to by Tait. It measures 13m N-S by 11m transversely and now appears almost square on plan. No trace of a cist could be found.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R B) 18 February 1966.
(NC 7168 0281) Cairn (NR) (site of) OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
The alleged cairn has been destroyed. Visited by OS (J M) 19 May 1981.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG1226 Text/Publication/Article: Tait, L. 1870. 'Notes on the shell mounds, hut-circles, and kistvaans of Sutherlands', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 7 1866-8, p.525-32. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 525-32. 530.
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM
