Monument record MHG45062 - Cairns, Syre

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 6800 4300 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC64SE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish FARR

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Full Description

NC64SE 27 68 43.

From twenty to thirty tumuli lie on the hillside above Syre, about half a mile from the house (at NC 6926 4389 - (OS 6"map, Sutherlandshire, 2nd ed., 1865). In the centre of one, which had been opened for building-stones, were two slabs set on edge forming a right angle, probably part of a cist, the other stones of which had been removed.
J M Joass 1865.

The hillside above Syre is covered with field clearance heaps, and the specific mound was not located during investigation (c/f NC55SE 9 for a comparable cist in a clearance heap).
Visited by OS (J L D) 7 May 1960.

No change to previous field report; but see NC64SE 17.
Visited by OS (J B) 7 August 1978.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Joass, J M. 1865. 'Notes of various objects of antiquity in Strathnaver', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 5 1862-4, p.357-60. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 357-60. 359.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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