MHG26642 - Cairn - Ruttle Wood

Summary

Cairn in Ruttle Wood

Type and Period (1)

CAIRN (Undated)

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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. Ruttle Wood. A small low circular mound or cairn at the north edge of a forestry track which has exposed kerbstones. There are two other similar but heather covered cairns close together, a little distance to the west, and another two, along with an elongated mound 8 yards x 3 yards a little distance to the north. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 23/06/23)

Sources/Archives (1)

<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. 89.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4779 4229 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH44SE
Civil Parish	KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/116606 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)

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