MHG26720 - Cairn - Englishton Muir
Summary
Cairn at Englishton Muir
Type and Period (1)
- CAIRN (Undated)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. West of Englishton Muir. The forestry track crosses over what appears to be a robbed cairn 16 yards x 16 yards with what may be a curbstone still in position on the east side. 30 yards N.N.W. of the cairn, there are faint traces of low walling run from the top edge of a steep depression up to an area of big boulders swinging round and down to a swampy area 175 yards N.N.W, of the cairn. Below the big boulders there is a sharp kink in the walling and then it continues up in the same direction. The total length of this U-shaped feature is 450 yards and was probably built to control livestock. <1>
NGR adjusted based on 1999-2001 aerial photographs. <2>
Sources/Archives (2)
- <1> SHG2356 Text/Manuscript: Jacks, S E (ed.). 1989. Some unrecorded sites in the Aird noted between Oct 1987 & May 1989. Inverness Field Club. Digital. no. 21. XY
- <2> SHG27491 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph/Vertical: Get Mapping. 1999-2001. Get Mapping colour vertical aerial photography 1999-2001 (The Millennium Map).
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6034 4325 (14m by 14m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH64SW |
| Civil Parish | KIRKHILL |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/116729 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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