Monument record MHG924 - Round Cairn, Cnoc Freiceadain

Summary

Site of late neolithic-bronze age round cairn.

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Grid reference Centred ND 0138 6585 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND06NW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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No change. Visited by OS (J B) 8 September 1981.

Cairn (NR) OS 6"map, (1969)

This grass-covered round cairn, 0.8m maximum height, has been mutilated in N segment, revealing large rubble stones.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 18 November 1964.

The remains of a small round cairn with a diameter of about 35ft and a height of about 3ft. Much of it has been removed, but neither cist nor chamber has been exposed.
RCAHMS 1911.

Mound (NR) OS 6"map, (1907)

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  • --- 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. . 102, No. 371.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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