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Latitude: 58.498 / 58°29'52"N
Longitude: -3.3176 / 3°19'3"W
OS Eastings: 323302
OS Northings: 957401
OS Grid: ND233574
Mapcode National: GBR L658.GYN
Mapcode Global: WH6D5.0NGP
Entry Name: Lynegar, cairn 610m NE of
Scheduled Date: 18 October 1938
Last Amended: 19 July 2005
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM465
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Watten
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument comprises a prehistoric cairn visible as a grass covered mound. The monument was first scheduled in 1938, but an inadequate area was included to protect all of the archaeological remains: the present rescheduling rectifies this.
The monument lies on the false crest of a hill at c. 37m OD. It comprises a circular mound measuring 30m in diameter and 1m high. Two or three random stone blocks are visible in the S side, but otherwise the mound is featureless and has been ploughed in the past.
The area to be scheduled is a circle of diameter 40m centred on the centre of the cairn, to include the cairn and an area around in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric ritual and funerary practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as ND25NW5.
References:
ORDNANCE SURVEY (NAME BOOK) 1871, Original Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 12, 25.
RCAHMS 1911, THIRD REPORT AND INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE COUNTY OF CAITHNESS, Edinburgh, HMSO, 132-3, No 479.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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