Monument record MHG7402 - Chambered Cairn ? Loch Ailsh
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3114 0980 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC30NW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KINCARDINE |
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Full Description
(NC 31150980) Cairn (NR) OS 6"map, (1967)
A probable chambered cairn of waterworn stones set in a small, ill-drained hollow in low, peaty moorland and now covered by 0.3m of peat. Oval in plan, measuring 21m by 17m by 2.3m high, and is surrounded by a possibly natural ditch-like feature (OS field surveyor {EGC}). E side and centre have been severely robbed and any entrance from this side has been destroyed but in centre are some very large slabs, obviously displaced but strongly suggestive of a chamber.
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
Visited by OS (E G C) 3 April 1963; A S Henshall 1963.
The cairn is as described above. The "ditch" is of variable width ranging from 2.5m to 4.5m enlarging in the SE to form a "recess" 7.5m wide. It has an average depth of 0.7m.
Visited by OS (J B) 23 September 1976.
The 'ditch' around the cairn appears to be entirely natural, a result of differential peat accumulation.
Visited by OS (N K B) 23 June 1980.
FE Management Plan : 30/03/01.
J Aitken : 30/03/01.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SHG357 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 350, ROS 28.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
