MHG41425 - Cairn - Hill of Urchany
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- BURIAL CAIRN (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
See also NH85SE 14.
At NH 8917 5100 on a rise with an extensive view to NW on the Hill of Urchany, is a cairn measuring 10m diameter overall and about 0.8m high. Surrounding it is a kerb of contiguous stones, well preserved except in W arc which is mutilated by tree stumps. The centre has recently been dug into.
About 120m to NW of cairn on a NW facing slope is a mutilated mound of stones about 6.5m in diameter, whose isolation suggests a burial cairn, but its content of unequal-sized stones, its situation on the slope, and lack of a cist in the mutilated centre, throws doubt on it.
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (A A) 5 February 1971.
Both cairns are now inaccessible in dense forest.
RCAHMS 1978, visited 1978.
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 8916 5100 (16m by 16m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH85SE |
| Civil Parish | CAWDOR |
| Geographical Area | NAIRN |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/15168 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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