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Latitude: 58.4841 / 58°29'2"N
Longitude: -3.6085 / 3°36'30"W
OS Eastings: 306312
OS Northings: 956222
OS Grid: ND063562
Mapcode National: GBR K6G9.FRV
Mapcode Global: WH5C2.J0WT
Entry Name: Torr Beag, chambered cairn 500m NE of Beinn Freiceadain, Brawlbin
Scheduled Date: 4 December 1933
Last Amended: 26 July 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM490
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Reay
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Thurso and Northwest Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric chambered burial cairn. When it was scheduled in 1933 an inadequate area was identified for protection. Hence this extension.
The cairn is about 24m by 20m across, and stands 2.5m high. There are traces of a central chamber and the entrance to this, from the SE, may be discerned amongst the tumbled stone. Two lintel stones survive in the passage.
The area now to be scheduled is circular, 40m in diameter and centred on the centre of the cairn. This area includes the cairn and an area around it where associated remains are likely to survive below ground level. The 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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