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Hill of Shebster

Chambered Cairn

<b>Hill of Shebster</b>Posted by GLADMANImage © Robert Gladstone
Nearest Town:Thurso (11km ENE)
OS Ref (GB):   ND01186462 / Sheets: 11, 12
Latitude:58° 33' 30.83" N
Longitude:   3° 41' 55.06" W

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According to the wondrous Audrey Henshall (1963) this represents "The heavily-robbed remains of this round, stalled cairn of Orkney-Cromarty type are 80ft in diameter"

Whereas the (equally great doing their thang) Ordnance Survey reckoned the following one year later:

"This turf-covered chambered cairn, 1.6m maximum height and approximately 26.0m in diameter, has been mutilated by an excavation trench in the NE. The top has been robbed revealing seven stone slabs forming the stalls of a gallery grave and two portal stones are in the SE corner of the cairn." (N K B) 13/11/64

Worth a wander over when visiting the mighty long cairns upon nearby Cnoc Freiceadain.
GLADMAN Posted by GLADMAN
17th January 2018ce
Edited 17th January 2018ce