MHG39811 - Cist, Torr Na Criche

Summary

Cist identified in late Neolithic-Bronze Age burial cairn.

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Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

On a gentle W-facing slope, is a disturbed cairn, overgrown with peat and measuring 9m in diameter. Partially exposed in the centre are the N and S side slabs of a cist, 0.6m apart, which support a capstone, 1m square and 0.1m thick. A displaced stone on E side of the capstone may be the E end-slab of the cist; the W side seems to have been removed.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (J B) 28 July 1981.

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 0469 5625 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet ND05NW
Civil Parish REAY
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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