MHG40191 - Kinrara Farm

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Type and Period (1)

  • BARROW CEMETERY (Undated)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

(NH 8625 0849; NH 8627 0848; NH 8628 0852; NH 8629 0843 NH 8633 0858; NH 8635 0856) Tumuli (NR) (sites of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1972)

Human remains, together with pieces of sword blades, buckles etc were discovered about 1800 when several earthen mounds were investigated prior to cultivation of the field. According to tradition, a battle was fought in the vicinity at some unknown date.
Name Book 1871.

No further information; no extant remains.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 November 1966.

Aerial photography by the RCAHMS (Visible on RCAHMS air photographs IN 3011, IN 3020-1.), has revealed a cemetery of round and square barrows.
Information from G S Maxwell 1978

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Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8629 0850 (200m by 200m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH80NE
Civil Parish ALVIE
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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