Monument record MHG1747 - Site of Cairn, Cairn Hill

Summary

Site of cairn. No trace now remains.

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 3558 7684 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND37NE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish CANISBAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 20 July 1982.

Cairn (NR) (site of) OS 6" map, (1970)

No trace of a cairn remains in this area, and no further info could be obtained about it.
Visited by OS (R B) 24 February 1965.

A cairn at one period existed on hill top. Whether used as a place of sepulture or of abode cannot at present time be determined.
Name Book 1873.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 2, 26.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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