Monument record MHG702 - Burial Cairn and Burials, Lambsdale

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Location

Grid reference Centred ND 0511 5477 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND05SE
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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Mound (NR) OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

On E bank ofTorran Water, about 1/4 mile above its influx into Loch Shurrery is a cairn overgrown with grass. It is slightly oblong on plan, lying with its largest axis E-W and rises in height towards latter direction. In diameter it measures 55ft from E to W by 41ft from N to S. Its elevation at E end is trifling and at W, 6ft or thereby. It has not been excavated.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.

This cairn conforms to dimensions given above. It has been greatly mutilated by large excavations and no definite evidence of a cist or chamber was noted amidst the mass of stones. The rounded E end of cairn has been exposed, revealing a spine of stones o.6m high by o.4m wide.
Visited by OS (W D J) 6 April 1961.

(ND 0511 5477) Cairn (NR) OS 6" map, (1964)

Excavation in October 1955 proved that this site is not a chambered cairn. Trial cuttings showed it to be a pear-shaped mound, 80 by 50ft, composed mainly of sand, with a circular and a rectangular stone structure in SE half, which enclosed several deep burnt layers. About a dozen sherds were found, some apparently Viking, and the partial remains of two human skeletons.
A MacLaren 1955

No change to the preceeding report. Trial cuttings are still evident.
Visited by OS (JM) 10 July 1981.

Round cairn included in a list of long cairns in error by Mercer.
R J Mercer 1985; J L Davidson and A S Henshall 1991.
ND05SE 1 0511 5477.

Sources/Archives (5)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: MacLaren, A. 1955. 'Loch Shurrery', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1955, p.10-11. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 10-11. 11.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Davidson, JL and Henshall, A S. 1991. The chambered cairns of Caithness: an inventory of the structures and their contents. 170.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: MacLaren, A. 1955. Excav. at Loch Shurrery and Lambsdale Leans, Caithness, 1955.
  • --- Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Mercer, R. J. & Hill, P.H.. 1985. Archaeological field survey in northern Scotland: Volume III: 1982-1983. University of Edinburgh. 30/01/1985. Paper and Digital. 6, no. FOR 360.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 99, No. 360.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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