MHG13313 - Chambered Cairn - Lochan Dubh Cul na h-Amaite
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NC 7533 1487
A well preserved, turf-covered Orkney/ Cromarty type chambered cairn, measuring about 12.0m in diameter and 1.2m high was found during field investigation, in open moorland. On the SE side an entrance passage, 0.9m wide and apparently of drystone walling, is visible for a length of 1.8m. One lintel stone, 1.3m long, lies 'outside the entrance, and another, 1.0m long and displaced, lies, on the passage walling. The chamber itself is buried beneath the turf, and the uneveness of the cairn summit suggests that the roof has collapsed. Abutting on the north edge of the cairn are two heaps of stones, now turf and heather-covered, which may be spoil from a former excavation, or they may be stone clearance associated with anearby settlement of three hut circles (NC 71 5E021).
Surveyed at 1:10 560.
OSFI: NKB: 1.12.1975
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 7533 1487 (80m by 80m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC71SE |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | CLYNE |
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- https://canmore.org.uk/site/6066/feith-an-lochain-duibh (Link to online HES Canmore record)
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