Monument record MHG5269 - Upper Tote
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 5185 5898 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG55NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | SNIZORT |
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NG55NW 5 5186 5898.
(NG 5186 5898) Cairn, Tot nan Druidhean. Some 40 yards E of the road, about 1 mile S of Invertote, on a slight prominence about 400ft OD., is a grass-covered, circular mound of stone and earth some 36ft in diameter and 9ft in height, which is probably a burial cairn. The summit is slightly hollow. Immediately to the E, the ground falls away about 20ft in a steep escarpment. (See also NG56SW 8).
RCAHMS 1928.
Cairn, as described above. The base has been exposed on the west side by quarrying, revealing a construction of boulders, small stone and soil. Visited by OS (A S P) 27 April 1961.
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- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 204, No. 635.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
