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Latitude: 58.2663 / 58°15'58"N
Longitude: -3.3919 / 3°23'30"W
OS Eastings: 318437
OS Northings: 931688
OS Grid: ND184316
Mapcode National: GBR K6ZW.BYD
Mapcode Global: WH6F8.VHZC
Entry Name: Upper Latheron,chambered cairn 530m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 3 February 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5311
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Latheron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The site consists of a ruined cairn about 18m in diameter and 0.8m high. At the centre of the cairn are 4 upright stone slabs which represent the end stone and divisional slabs of an internal chamber within the cairn. The area to be scheduled measures 50m SW-NE by 40m SE-NW, to include the chambered cairn and an area around in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use will survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
This monument is of national importance for its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric ritual beliefs and burial practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as ND 13 SE 3.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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