Monument record MHG1557 - Burial Cairn, Torr Na Criche

Summary

Site of late neolithic-bronze age burial cairn which contains a cist.

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Grid reference Centred ND 0470 5625 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND05NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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On a gentle W-facing slope, is a disturbed cairn, overgrown with peat and measuring 9m in diameter. Partially exposed in the centre are the N and S side slabs of a cist, 0.6m apart, which support a capstone, 1m square and 0.1m thick. A displaced stone on E side of the capstone may be the E end-slab of the cist; the W side seems to have been removed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (J B) 28 July 1981.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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