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MHG15080 - Cairns - Balblair

Summary

It is possible that these are burial rather clearance cairns.

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5 stone cairns were noted in this wood set 12-20m apart. They are sited 90m NW of the cultivated field, this point being c165m east of the river. They were low mounds c2m in diameter composed of large stones now mostly moss covered. They were set in birch wood on a gentle slope that faces SE. One has been damaged by root throw from a collapsed birch tree. The others are less directly threatened by trees. As these are the only cairns to be seen in this wood, it is possible that these are burial rather clearance cairns. They may also be connected with the earlier settlement of Balblair as 4 large stones 27m to the south may mark part of an enclosure wall. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (TB 25/2/26)

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Grid reference	Centred NH 9330 1740 (157m by 158m)
Map sheet	NH91NW
Civil Parish	DUTHIL AND ROTHIEMURCHUS
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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