MHG11398 - Clearance cairns, Melness

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CLEARANCE CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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NC56SE 13 578 606.
Cairnfield: Oval arrangement, at least ten cairns and stony mounds 3-4m in diameter, but several exceed 5m in diameter, 1m in height.
Info contained in letter from T C Welsh to OS 23 July 1973

On a south-east facing slope are about a dozen scattered clearance mounds as described by Welsh. Their size and disposition suggest a prehistoric origin but neither field plots nor hut circles can be identified.
Visited by OS (NKB) 10 October 1978

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--- SHG1109 Text/Publication/Article: Welsh, T C. 1973. 'Melness House, circular enclosure, stony mound, small cairns', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1973, p.57. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 57. 57, (small cairns).

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Grid reference	Centred NC 5787 6066 (76m by 73m) (3 map features)
Map sheet	NC56SE
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/5388 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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