Monument record MHG48096 - Battle Moss
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 31387 43328 (20m by 20m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND34SW |
| Civil Parish | WICK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
NMRS Report: (09/11/2005)
ND34SW 231 31387 43329
see also ND34SW 46 & 47
This grass- and heather-grown cairn is the central of a row of three (see also ND34SW 46 & 47) situated on the leading edge of a N-facing terrace in moorland immediately E of the S end of Loch of Yarrows. The cairn measures about 5.6m in diameter by 0.4m in height and it has been robbed, leaving a small depression at its centre.
This cairn was previously noted in reference to the cairn ND34SW 46, which lies immediately to the E, and it is one of the `three small cairns, with central cists, arranged in a line at a short distance from each other¿, noted by Anderson (1870, 502).
(YARROWS04 046)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 15 June 2004
Anderson, J 1970 `On the horned cairns of Caithness, their structural arrangement, contents of chambers, etc,¿ Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 7 (1866-68).
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG24123 Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 270912.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2009 3:19PM
