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Latitude: 58.1413 / 58°8'28"N
Longitude: -3.6752 / 3°40'30"W
OS Eastings: 301473
OS Northings: 918157
OS Grid: ND014181
Mapcode National: GBR K796.F7L
Mapcode Global: WH5DL.JM4N
Entry Name: Caen,long cairn 460m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 4 December 1934
Last Amended: 18 May 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1771
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Kildonan
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: East Sutherland and Edderton
Traditional County: Sutherland
The monument is a prehistoric chambered burial cairn. The monument is a long cairn, 41m WNW-ESE and varying from 7m to 9m transversely. It has been built into a hillslope and is a maximum of 1.3m tall. The remains of a ruined field wall associated with a nearby depopulated settlement extend from either end of the cairn. The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 80m WNW-ESE by 45m N- S, to include the chambered cairn and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use may survive, as indicated in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric ritual, religious behaviour and burial practices. There is no indication of the location of the chamber of this cairn, which may indicate that any burials associated with the monument are undisturbed.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as ND 01 NW 13.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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