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Latitude: 58.5508 / 58°33'2"N
Longitude: -3.6228 / 3°37'21"W
OS Eastings: 305658
OS Northings: 963669
OS Grid: ND056636
Mapcode National: GBR K6F4.171
Mapcode Global: WH5BP.BB3P
Entry Name: Mill of Knockglass, cairn 220m S of, Bridge of Westfield
Scheduled Date: 23 June 2000
Last Amended: 9 October 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM470
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Halkirk
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument comprises a round cairn, probably a chambered tomb of Neolithic date. It was scheduled in 1938, but the area designated at that time is inadequate to include all of the area of archaeological importance. Hence this extension.
The cairn lies in an area between ploughed fields and the E bank of the Forss Water. It is circular, about 11.5m in diameter, and stands about 1.5m high. The top is flattened, perhaps by an old excavation, and there has been a more recent hole dug into the SE side. In this hole, cairn material is exposed and two upright slabs protruding from its N side may be part of a central chamber.
The area now to be scheduled is a circle 30m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around it in which evidence relating to its construction and use is likely to survive. This area is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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