MHG3468 - Cairn - Carn Na Croiche

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Type and Period (1)

  • CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NH62NW 6 6136 2534.

(NH 6136 2534) Cairn (NAT) {Not in Original ONB}
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904).

On a S-facing hillside at the edge of a wood is a cairn of bare stones, 1.8m high, which is spread to c 12.5m E-W by c9.0m N-S and mutilated by minor excavations. It is traditionally the site of a gallows.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 March 1970.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6135 2533 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH62NW
Civil Parish DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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