Tongue Wood

Nearest town:
Thurso (53km ENE)
OS reference:
NC592586
OS sheet:
10
Latitude:
58° 29' 34.74 N
Longitude:
4° 24' 57.16 W
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Image of Tongue Wood (Chambered Cairn) by GLADMAN

Suffice to say there is a significant vibe here...

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

Apparently this exposure was 4 seconds... not a site to rush, this.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jun 14, 2016

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Tongue Wood
Chambered Cairn
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jan 14, 2018

Canmore reckons the evocative remains of this chambered cairn located within Tongue Wood are:

“...about 15m in diameter. The kerb of boulders survives intermittently, best preserved in the east and south. Several boulders within the kerb form no intelligible pattern.” OS (JD) 26/4/60 and (ISS) 1/7/71

This is a great place to chill out for a while... but surprisingly difficult to locate (perhaps it was just me) if approaching steeply downhill from the A865, such has been the reclamation by Nature. In retrospect keep the tumbling stream to your left and the monument occupies a rise a little before Tongue House.

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