Monument record MHG1916 - Mound, Tor Cruinn

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Grid reference Centred ND 2355 3411 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND23SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish LATHERON
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Prominently situated on the edge of a steep coastal slope is a turf-covered cairn, some 8.5m in diameter and 1.m high. Mutilation on its W side has exposed two upright stones, but their nature is uncertain.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R L) 11 March 1968.

A possibly prehistoric mound, now badly damaged on the W, revealing more stones, none of them upright.
C E Batey 1982.

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  • --- Text/Report: Batey, C E. 1982. Caithness coastal survey 1982: interim reports 1980-2. . No. 246.

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Record last edited

Oct 31 2011 11:35AM

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