Monument record MHG48185 - The Lith

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Grid reference ND 32036 40750 (point)
Map sheet ND34SW
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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NMRS Report: (18/05/2006)
ND34SW 384 ND 32036 40751

This consumption cairn, which is situated in low-lying ground 25m E of The Lith, comprises a rectangular grass- and heather-grown heap of limestone boulders and stones retained by a battered drystone wall. It measures 14m from NNE to SSW by 5.5m transversely and up to 1.6m in height, and has a rounded SSW end, but the retaining wall has been removed from the WNW side and the NNW end.
(YARROWS04 275)
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW) 26 August 2004.





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  • <1> Dataset: RCAHMS. 02/2008. Annual update from Canmore. Digital. 271074.

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Sep 30 2009 4:24PM

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