(Area: NF 904 794) Partial examination of a cairn at Rudh' a' Charnain Mhoir upon the extreme point of Otternish, opposite Berneray Island, revealed the remains of a skeleton and typical iron rivets indicating the unburnt burial of a Norseman with his boat. It can be dated with certainty to before the 11th century. The site is 50 yards to the N of a smaller cairn marked by the 0S map 'Human Remains found AD 1870' (NF97NW 2) (E Beveridge 1911).
E Beveridge 1911; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1912; H Shetelig 1940.
The remains of this greatly mutilated cairn, now a low, oval, grass-covered mound, c.0.3m high, with stones protruding, are at NF 9043 7935.
Visited by OS (J T T) 26 June 1965.