Monument record MHG2356 - Chambered cairn, Earney Hillock
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 2330 6472 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND26SW |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | BOWER |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
Amended schedule 25/11/2004 - HAW 11/2004
ND26SW 6 2330 6472.
Earney Hillock (NAT) Chambered Cairn (NR) OS 6" map, (1970)
Earney Hillock, a chambered cairn, is now an irregular, oval, turf-covered mound with indefinite edges. It has been severely robbed and disturbed and now has an elevation of about 7ft. Four slabs project from surface.
Name Book 1872; RCAHMS 1911; A S Henshall 1963, visited 1957
Earney Hillock (name confirmed locally) is as described and planned by Miss Henshall. A small circular feature consisting of a grass-covered stony bank 4.5m diameter and 0.3m high lies immediately SW of cairn.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 1 November 1965
Earney Hillock is as described; it measures 34m NW-SE by 18m. The date and purpose of circular feature to SW of the cairn are unknown; there is a possibility that it may be a kiln.
Visited by OS (J B) 6 May 1982
A: Chambered cairn, 'Earney Hillock'. Dimensions: 42 x 22m. Subrectangular grass-covered mound with an irregular surface, 1.6m high. Orientation NW-SE.
B: Hut-circle. Diameter: 6.5m. Traces of a hut-circle with walls 2.25m wide and 0.4m high, 5m W of the cairn. The interior of the hut-circle is slab-lined.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG2115 Text/Publication/Volume: Davidson, JL and Henshall, A S. 1991. The chambered cairns of Caithness: an inventory of the structures and their contents. 104-5, no. 14; plan.
- --- SHG2664 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. . 4-5, No. 12.
- --- SHG3339 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 1, 3.
- --- SHG357 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 266, CAT 14.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
