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Latitude: 58.4376 / 58°26'15"N
Longitude: -4.4858 / 4°29'8"W
OS Eastings: 254980
OS Northings: 952602
OS Grid: NC549526
Mapcode National: GBR H69F.7ZF
Mapcode Global: WH38L.2660
Entry Name: Kinloch Lodge, chambered cairn NNW of
Scheduled Date: 29 December 1938
Last Amended: 20 January 2004
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1798
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Tongue
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: North, West and Central Sutherland
Traditional County: Sutherland
The monument comprises a chambered round cairn of Orkney-Cromarty type with polygonal bipartite chamber and passage. The site is situated in rough moorland at around 67m OD on the S facing slope of Creag Ach'an t-Srathain. The site was originally scheduled in December 1938, but an inadequate area was included to protect all of the archaeological remains: the present rescheduling rectifies this.
The monument measures 14-16m in diameter and 1.4-1.8m high, and is covered with bracken and turf. It has been heavily robbed and its full extent is not fully visible on the ground. The chamber and passage, constructed with thin stone orthostats, are aligned NE, consisting of a larger polygonal inner chamber measuring approximately 4m E-W and 3m transversely, a small antechamber, approximately 2m E-W and 2.5m transversely, and a short passage 2m in length.
The area now to be scheduled is circular on plan, measuring around 40m in diameter as marked on the accompanying map extract in red.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a Neolithic chambered round cairn of Orkney-Cromarty type. It has the potential to provide a valuable insight into the ritual and funerary practices of this period.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NC55SW 1.
References:
Henshall A S 1963, CHAMBERED TOMBS OF SCOTLAND, Edinburgh, Vol. 1, 321.
Henshall A S and Ritchie J N G 1995, THE CHAMBERED CAIRNS OF SUTHERLAND, Edinburgh, 110-1.
RCAHMS 1911a, SECOND REPORT AND INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE COUNTY OF SUTHERLAND, Edinburgh, 186, No. 539.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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