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Latitude: 57.9213 / 57°55'16"N
Longitude: -4.0505 / 4°3'1"W
OS Eastings: 278634
OS Northings: 894275
OS Grid: NH786942
Mapcode National: GBR J7CS.H9Q
Mapcode Global: WH4DF.R5C9
Entry Name: Glen Cottage, long cairn 520m SE of
Scheduled Date: 9 December 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5484
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn
Location: Dornoch
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton
Traditional County: Sutherland
The monument consists of a long cairn in a forestry clearing on gently sloping ground. The long cairn is a mound of stone about 32m NNE-SSW by 15m transversely and about 0.5m to 0.7m high. There are no signs of a chamber in the long cairn which is partly grass covered. The monument has been partly disturbed by forestry ploughing.
The area to be scheduled measures 45m SSW-NNE by 35m WNW-ESE, to include the long cairn and an area around in which deposits connected with its construction and use may survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric religious belief and burial customs. Although past forestry ploughing will have caused some damaged to the fabric of the long cairn, important deposits may survive on the site.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NH 79 SE 5.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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