MHG3378 - Blairmore - Cairn

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  • CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)

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NH53NW 22 5109 3580.

In a prominent situation at NH 5109 3580, within a field system (NH 53 NW 12), is an almost completely destroyed cairn surviving as a heather-covered mound, c.7.0m in diameter and c.0.2m high. The W arc is overlaid by a modern wall. In the centre is a cist, oriented ENE-WSW, formed by four slabs on edge and measuring 0.9m by 0.5m internally. On the NNW edge of the cairn is a flat slab measuring 1.2m by 0.6m, probably the capstone.
Surveyed at 6" scale.
Visited by OS (R L) 10 Feburary 1970

This cairn was visited during a pre-afforestation survey by J Wordsworth (NMRS MS 961/9, no.1). The cairn was probably robbed in the 19th century when the boundary dyke is presumed to have been constructed although part of the kerb survives. The cist has recently been cleared out.
J Wordsworth 15 December 1995; NMRS MS 961/9, no.1

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Grid reference Centred NH 5110 3580 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH53NW
Civil Parish KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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