MHG3398 - Chambered cairn - Belladrum North
Summary
A Clava-type chambered cairn at Belladrum.
Type and Period (2)
- (Former Type) CHAMBERED CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
- BURIAL CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
Full Description
NH54SW 6 5142 4210.
(NH 51424210 Stone Circle {NR}
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The site was visited on 21/08/1943.
Belladrum. Clava-type chambered cairn. All that remains is a typical kerb of irregular, heavy boulders, the tallest being 3' 6". The diameter is 45' E - W and 42' N-S. Cairn meterial remains to a depth of 1'-2' inside the kerb, and spreads a few feet beyond it. There is no structure visible at the centre of the cairn, nor are there any monoliths surrounding it.
A S Henshall 1963, visited 13 April 1957
The monument was Scheduled in 1964.
The remains of this cairn are as described above.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 14 December 1964.
Following a site visit in 2014, the Scheduling was amended by Historic Environment Scotland in 2017 to include the remains of a second cairn some 25m to the north (see MHG57753). <1>
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG175 Text/Publication/Article: Childe, V G. 1944. 'An unrecognised group of chambered cairns', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 78 1943-4, p.26-38. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 26-38. 38.
- --- 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. . 7, No. 6.
- --- SHG315 Collection/Catalogue/Gazetteer: Thom, Thom and Burl, A, A S and [H] A [W]. 1980. Megalithic rings: plans and data for 229 monuments in Britain. 81. 263.
- --- SHG357 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. Vol. 1, 366; plan 367.
- <1> SHG27790 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Environment Scotland. 2016. Amended entry in the Schedule of Monuments: SM2435 Belladrum, chambered cairns 250m NNE of Brockie's Lodge. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5142 4210 (21m by 21m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH54SW |
| Civil Parish | KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM2435 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/12748 (View HES Canmore entry for this site)
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