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Latitude: 57.7958 / 57°47'44"N
Longitude: -4.1604 / 4°9'37"W
OS Eastings: 271685
OS Northings: 880515
OS Grid: NH716805
Mapcode National: GBR J833.T5C
Mapcode Global: WH4DZ.294Z
Entry Name: Carn a Chait,cairn
Scheduled Date: 19 March 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4727
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Edderton
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton
A circular cairn of bare rubble measuring 16m in diameter and up to 1.5m high. The area to be scheduled measures 35m in diameter to include the cairn and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its use will survive and is bounded on the NE and S by tracks, as delineated in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The site is of national importance for its potential to give us a greater understanding of prehistoric burial and ceremonial practice. It is of further importance because pollen and features sealed beneath the surface of the cairn can enhance our understanding of the environment and land-use immediately prior to its use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 78 SW 7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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