Monument record MHG40928 - Cairn w cist, Battle Moss
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 3136 4332 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND34SW |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | WICK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Renumbered from ND34SW0046A
JHooper, 25/10/2002
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ND34SW 47 3136 4332.
An excavated cairn 34ft in diameter lies about 25 yds W of ND34SW 46. Two slabs exposed near its centre appear to be parts of a cist.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
A badly mutilated cairn about 8.5m diameter and 0.5m max height, surmounted by a modern marker cairn. Near centre is a thin slab on edge, facing E-W and measuring 1.4m long by 0.4m high, probably E wall of a cist, the rest of which has been destroyed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (I S S) 14 March 1972.
(A: ND 3136 4332; B: ND 3139 4332) Cairns (NR) (For 'B', see ND34SW 46) OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
This is probably one of the 'three small cairns, with central cists, arranged in a line at a short distance from each other (see also ND34SW 46). These were all opened long ago by idlers out of mere curiosity, and all contained skeletons'.
J Anderson 1870.
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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
