Borgie

Nearest town:
Thurso (45km ENE)
OS reference:
NC67375940
OS sheet:
10
Latitude:
58° 30' 9.8 N
Longitude:
4° 16' 34.65 W
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Image of Borgie (Chambered Cairn) by GLADMAN

Looking approx north-east the Borgie Hotel is glimpsed through the foliage... punters in shiny 4x4s enjoying a real Highland experience. Or something like that.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jun 14, 2016
Image of Borgie (Chambered Cairn) by GLADMAN

Guess ‘obscure’ would be a suitable adjective for the remains of this chambered cairn.... it was a fair old struggle merely to open the gate. No need for lock and chain with Nature manning the door. Luckily I was deemed suitable for admission, albeit reluctantly.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jun 14, 2016

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Borgie
Chambered Cairn
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jan 20, 2018

The heavily overgrown remains of this chambered cairn lie in a roadside field opposite the little hamlet of Borgie – near a hotel catering for the sort of people seeking ‘Highland experiences’ whilst driving pristine 4x4s. You know the type. Judging by the extreme inertia of the field gate to movement it would appear few wish to view this monument any more. Which, in my view, is a pity since there is a real sense of the past co-existing easily with the present here, with the comings and goings of the folk occupying the houses opposite.

According to Canmore:

“At NC 6737 5940 situated prominently on the S side of a rocky out-crop is a severely robbed, chambered cairn. It is about 15.0m in diameter, with a maximum height of 0.6m in the centre; elsewhere the cairn is reduced to a stony rim and scattered stones. In the centre a chamber is indicated by two opposing earthfast boulders 1.1m apart and protruding up to 0.6m through the cairn material. OS (J B) 16/9/77”

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