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MHG66238 - Cairn - Strathan Skerray

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A cairn which measures 9 m NW-SE by 5.5 m and is mostly composed of small angular stones (up to 0.25 m across) with some larger stones visible below.

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A township comprising twenty roofed and two unroofed buildings is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Sutherland 1878, sheets viii and xvii). The township containing nine roofed and three unroofed buildings is depicted on the current edition of the OS 1:10,560 map (1962).
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 9 August 1995.

A rapid coastal zone assessment survey was conducted by GUARD in the Autumn of 1997 commissioned by Historic Scotland from the Viking and Early Settlement Archaeological Research Project based at the University of Glasgow.

On a raised beach, is a cairn which measures 9 m NW-SE by 5.5 m and is mostly composed of small angular stones (up to 0.25 m across) with some larger stones visible below. The visible stones have been piled in a neat ridge, which looks like a fairly recent construction, but they may have been placed on an earlier cairn as turf-clad stones are visible sloping out at the edges of the turf-free upper stones. There is some land-slip at the east and west of this cairn which may impinge upon the site. This should be examined in conjunction with the township of Strathan Skerray. <1>

NGR adjusted based on 2023 vertical aerial photographs. <2>

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Grid reference	Centred NC 6445 6327 (32m by 31m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NC66SW
Geographical Area	SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish	TONGUE

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