MHG2805 - Cairn - Lagnagreishach Wood
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- CAIRN (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
Full Description
Fort (NR) (Site of) OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)
Earthwork (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A small fort now evidenced by a slight circular mound; it is planted over and scarcely distinguishable unless pointed out.
Name Book 1870.
A well preserved cairn, levelled into a slight SW facing slope in reafforested, Lagnagreishach Wood.
It comprises an oval platform measuring c 7.0m SW/NE by c 6.0m transversely, surrounded by a ditch c 2.5m wide and c 0.4m deep with an outer earthen bank c 2.5m wide and c 0.3m high. Across the ditch in the SW is a causeway c 2.0m wide, which is mutilated by a tree stump, with a corresponding break in the bank. The central platform is slightly raised, c 0.2m, above the surrounding ground level by a turf-covered crown of closely packed rubble stones which covers the whole platform. Resurveyed at 1/2500 (Visited by OS {R D} 16 August 1964).
Visited by OS (A A) 28 January 1971.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2673 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 15, No. 82.
- --- SHG306 Text/Publication/Monograph: Harding, A. F. and Lee, G. E.. 1987. Henge monuments and related sites of Great Britain: air photographic evidence and catalogue. British Archaeological Reports (BAR) British Series. 175. 373, No. 274.
- --- SHG3397 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 8, 18.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8095 5558 (54m by 54m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH85NW |
| Civil Parish | ARDERSIER |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM4737 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15148 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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