Monument record MHG44885 - Cairn, Fiscary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7311 6260 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC76SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
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Full Description
Described as "Brough (remains of)" on 2nd ed OS - HAW 01/2004
NC76SW 5 731 626.
('A':NC 7310 6263) Cairn (NR) ('B':NC 7311 6260) Chambered Cairn (NR) OS 6"map, (1964)
The descriptions of these two cairns have been transposed on the OS 6"map. 'A' (N cairn) is chambered and 'B', as far as is known, is unchambered.
'A' is an Orkney-Cromarty type, round cairn with a Camster type tripartite chamber (Henshall 1963), and was excavated by Kerr in 1891. It is free of vegetation and measures 16m diameter and 1.5m high. The centre is mutilated but it is still possible to identify the tops of eight upright slabs of chamber, which was entered from WSW. entrance passage has collapsed.
'B' appears to be intact 20m diameter and 2.7m high. A 'platform' of stones, 8m broad and 25m long, now mainly turf-covered, stretches from base of this cairn towards 'A'. It appears to be an original feature but its purpose is uncertain. (cf NH79SE 1 and 2). Surveyed at 1:2500.
C Kerr 1892; RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909; A S Henshall 1963; Visited by OS (J L D) 27 April 1960 and (R L) 8 July 1971.
These cairns are as described by previous authorities The 'platform of stones' joining cairns is well consolidated and of the usual 'cairn-like' rubble stones. This complex may be a 'waisted' long cairn of two distinct periods (A S Henshall 1972).
Revised at 1/10,000. Visited by OS (N K B) 2 August 1977.
N end of 'A' has traces of three faced steps within cairn material and parallel with outer edge of cairn. 'B' is of the same loose boulder construction as 'A' and has a small portion of corbelling visible. Both cairns would appear to have been enclosed within a large trapezoidal cairn.
R J Mercer 1981.
Sources/Archives (18)
- --- SHG1278 Text/Publication/Article: Kerr, C. 1892. 'Notice of the excavation of a chambered cairn in the Parish of Farr, Sutherlandshire', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 26 1891-2, p.65-7. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 65-7. 65-7.
- --- SHG15068 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15069 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15070 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15071 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15072 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15073 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15074 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15075 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15076 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15077 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15078 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15079 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG15080 Image/Photograph(s): Fiscary. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2511 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R J. 1981. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland: volume II, 1980-81. University of Edinburgh. 30/12/1981. Paper and Digital. 115, No. 78a and b.
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. . 81, Nos. 235-6.
- --- SHG357 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 318, SUT 29; plan.
- --- SHG358 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1972. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 2. 2. Paper (Original).
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
