Monument record MHG9486 - Cnoc Na Moine
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 3898 6609 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC36NE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | DURNESS |
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Full Description
NC36NE 13 3898 6609.
(NC 3898 6609) Chambered Cairn (NR) (remains of)
OS 6"map, (1962)
The heavily robbed remains of an Orkney-Cromarty round cairn with a polygonal chamber (A S Henshall 1972), found during field investigation (OS {J L D} 7 April 1960). Peat covers the remains of the cairn material but a slight bank round W and N sides seems to represent the original edge of cairn giving diameter of between 55 ft and 65 ft. The cairn material seems to have spread beyond the original edge on E and S, the orthostats of the chamber standing in the resulting slight hollow with varying amount of cairn material surrounding them. Robbing has been heaviest behind the chamber, inside which there is about 3 ft of stone.
A S Henshall 1972, visited 1963; Visited by OS (J L D) 7 April 1963.
The remains of a chambered cairn, as described.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R L) 21 July 1971.
No change. Visited by OS (J B) 14 November 1978.
NW SUT Local Plan, May 1987: P23/2.36.
J Aitken : 11/06/01.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG21121 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Giles I. 1995. Durness, Sutherland District, Highland Region: Archaeological Survey. Centre for Field Archaeology, Univ of Edinburgh. 27/03/1995. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- --- SHG358 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1972. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 2. 2. Paper (Original). 580-1; plan.
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Record last edited
Jul 4 2016 1:07PM
