MHG26695 - Cairn - Holme Wood. Kirkhill

Summary

Cairn remains in Holme 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. Holme Wood. Forestry track crosses over what appears to be a levelled cairn on top of a ridge, with what may be the remains of a very low wall of soil and/or stones running in a southerly direction for 28 yards to a swampy area. Further northeast, towards the east boundary fence there is an unusual group of half-a-dozen short parallel ditches running downhill which is probably forestry. <1>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 14/12/22)

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. 34.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 5770 4440 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH54SE
Civil Parish	KIRKHILL
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/116702 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)

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