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Latitude: 58.2788 / 58°16'43"N
Longitude: -3.4457 / 3°26'44"W
OS Eastings: 315312
OS Northings: 933148
OS Grid: ND153331
Mapcode National: GBR K6VV.BBM
Mapcode Global: WH6F8.15GR
Entry Name: Buolacrabher,chambered cairn 1550m S of
Scheduled Date: 27 September 1934
Last Amended: 15 June 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM445
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Latheron
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
The monument consists of a heel-shaped chambered cairn of Neolithic/Bronze Age date. The chambered cairn is about 17m N-S by
21m E-W. The chamber is indicated by the tops of 5 stone slabs which protrude through the cairn. There was a passage to the S side of the cairn and on the S side some digging has revealed a straight kerb of drystone walling 3 courses high and about 10m long. The entrance is visible just off centre in the S kerb. The area to be scheduled
measures 45m in diameter, to include the chambered cairn and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the building and use of the cairn may survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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