Monument record MHG1775 - Chambered Round Cairn, Sordale Hill

Summary

Site of late Neolithic-Bronze Age chambered round cairn containing a cist

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 1572 6198 (48m by 48m)
Map sheet ND16SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish THURSO
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Full Description

Chambered cairn, 'Cnoc na Ciste'. Diameter: 18m. grassy circular mound 2.5m high overrun by three modern fence lines. The kerb-stones survive and a chamber 2m wide lies on SE axis, 7m long with a fallen lintel stone visible.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995.

No change. Visited by OS (J M) 27 October 1981

(Cnoc na Ciste (NAT) Chambered Cairn (NR) OS 6" map, (1970)

The mutilated remains of Cnoc na Ciste are generally as described by Miss Henshall, but the cists mentioned in the ONB could not be located.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D) 5 November 1965

Cnoc na Ciste is a chambered, round cairn c8ft high. The tops of four slabs protrude. The irregular peristalith of boulders is now visible only on E edge. The round chamber was partially excavated 1895 but yielded no relics. In 1908 a food vessel was recovered 'from a niche in the wall (of the passage) protected in front by a light slab'. It is now in the NMAS (Acc No: EE 101).
The ONB (1872) records finding of several cists on removal of earth from the summit of the cairn.
Name Book 1872; RCAHMS 1911; A S Henshall 1963, visited 1956

Cnoc na Ciste (NR) (Cairn) (NR) OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed. (1907)

Sources/Archives (14)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Davidson, JL and Henshall, A S. 1991. The chambered cairns of Caithness: an inventory of the structures and their contents. 108-9, no. 19; plan.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 121-2, No. 442.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 1, 16.
  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 269, CAT 19; plan.
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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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