Monument record MHG2227 - Kerb cairn - Groats Loch
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 3117 4076 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND34SW |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | WICK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
A Class I Pictish symbol stone has been found at approx ND 3118 4075 by Mr D S Sutherland, 7 Castle Gardens, Dingwall. The stone is sculptured with part of a crescent and V-rod symbol. It is hoped that it will be moved to Thurso Museum after investigation.
Info contained in letter and plan from Dr J Close-Brooks, NMAS to OS, 6 December 1978.
Fragments of a Class I symbol stone were found 1978. Subsequent fieldwork revealed that largest fragment lay beside a low, round cairn and a small fragment lay on top of it. The cairn measured 3x3.3 m over a neat horizontally-laid kerb. In size it was similar to round mounds at Garbeg (NH53SW 15) and Lundin Links (NO 4003); in its method of construction to those at Ackergill (ND35SW12) and Keiss (ND06SW5). The surrounding ground was covered by a skin of peat 0.2-0.3m thick, and no cists or other cairns were visible. Likely that no other cairns are present.
P Ashmore 1981.
The cairn was Scheduled in 1981.
Class I symbol stone bearing part of a crescent and V-rod.
A.Mack 1997 p.128
The cairn was rescheduled in 2016 by Historic Environment Scotland so as to provide better locational information. <1> <2>
The GIS spatial data was amended in 2017 according to its position as seen on 2009 APs. <3>
Sources/Archives (18)
- --- SHG1086 Text/Publication/Article: Ashmore, P J. 1981. 'Low cairns, long cists and symbol stones', Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 110, 1978-80. 346-55. 350, 352.
- --- SHG2456 Text/Publication/Volume: Mack, A. 1997. Field guide to the Pictish symbol stones. 128.
- --- SHG2712 Text/Publication/Volume: Ritchie, J N G. 1985. Pictish symbol stones: a handlist 1985. 11.
- --- SHG3153 Text/Publication/Article: Close-Brooks, J. 1984. Pictish and other burials', Brit Archaeol Rep Vol. 125. SHG23462. 87-114. 99.
- --- SHG3154 Text/Publication/Article: Gourlay, R. 1984. A symbol stone and cairn at Watenan, Caithness, Brit Archaeol Rep Vol. 125. SHG23462. 131-4. 131-4.
- --- SHG3661 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3662 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3663 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3664 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3665 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3666 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3667 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3668 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3669 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG3670 Image/Photograph(s): B/W Negative. .
- <1> SHG27648 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Environment Scotland. 2016. Changes to the schedule of Monuments 01/09/2016. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
- <2> SHG27655 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Environment Scotland. 2016. Amended entry in the Schedule of Monuments: SM4338: Groats Loch, cairn 225m WSW of. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
- <3>XY SHG27382 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 2009. Getmapping aerial photography 2009. [Mapped features: #13536 Indicative centroid, ; #105497 ]
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Record last edited
Oct 18 2017 3:41PM
