Monument record MHG1917 - Marker or Shepherds Cairn, Cnocan Buidhe

Summary

Site of marker cairn of no great antiquity. It has been built upon what may be the remains of a whisky still or possible hut circle.

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Grid reference Centred ND 2626 4732 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND24NE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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No change to the above report. Visited by OS (J M) 7 December 1982.

A modern marker cairn 2.5m high. Surrounding it are traces of a ring of stones about 3.5m in diameter, presumably the alleged hut circle. This is not an antiquity and the local tradition of a whisky still is possibly correct.
Visited by OS (A A) 19 April 1972.

Cairn (NAT) on remains of Hut Circle (NR)
(Neither on OS 6" map, Caithness, 1st edition, nor in RCAHMS inventory) OS 6" map, (1959)

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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