Monument record MHG1772 - Cairn, Fairy Hillock

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Site of cairn.

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Grid reference Centred ND 1963 6322 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND16SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish OLRIG
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Cairn. 'Fairy Hillock'. Diameter: 12m. Circular grass mound with a flat top 4.5m in diameter.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

The name 'Fairy Hillock' applies to a cairn on an E-facing field-slope. It is turf-covered and measures 9m diameter by 0.6m high. On the flat top of the cairn are a number of embedded, smallish rough slabs suggesting the remains of a later structure, 4 by 3m across. Two random stone blocks at the centre of the cairn have presumably been dumped there.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (J M) 27 October 1981

Fairy Hillock (NAT) OS 6" map, (1970)

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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