Monument record MHG161 - Cists, Lower Tuftingall

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Grid reference Centred ND 1754 5439 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND15SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WATTEN
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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(Area: ND 1755 5439) Four Stone Cists found AD. 1851-9 (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

Four stone cists have been found "in close proximity" to a mound (broch: ND15SE 2), one in 1851 and the other three in 1859. The exact site was not known. They all contained a small quantity of blackish earth.
Name Book 1871.

No further information. Visited by OS (N K B) 5 November 1965.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 12, 47.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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