Monument record MHG1817 - Camster South Cairn

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Grid reference Centred ND 2601 4390 (37m by 38m)
Map sheet ND24SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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ND24SE 17 2603 4390.

The remains of a small cairn 27'diameter and 2'high with a cist, 5'to 6 'diameter, exposed in the centre. An unburnt skeleton is said to come from the cist. According to Feachem (1963) this cairn is not one of the 'Grey Cairns of Camster', but the ONB (1872) includes it under that heading. Anderson (1886) suggests an association with the stone rows (ND24SE 3).
Name Book 1872; J Anderson 1886; RCAHMS 1911; R W Feachem 1963.

A mound of bare, rubble stones about 9m diameter and 0.4m high. The centre has been dug into and the stones heaped around to form a rough shelter about 3m diameter, within which is one earthfast slab on edge, 1m long, facing NE-SW, which is probably part of the cist. Two loose slabs lie beside it. The cairn would appear to be too far (about 100m) from the stone rows to be directly associated.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS 11 April 1972.

Sources/Archives (4)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Anderson, J. 1886. Scotland in pagan times: the bronze and stone ages: the Rhind lectures in archaeology for 1882. Vol. 1, 130.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Feachem, R W. 1963. A Guide to Prehistoric Scotland. 1st. 43.
  • --- 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. . 184, No. 565.
  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: Ordnance Survey. Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. 13. Book No. 13, 234.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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