MHG4375 - Fingal's Grave

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CLEARANCE CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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NH22NE 8 2977 2641.

Knockfin or Fingal's Hill (situated some 500m S of the house of that name) is a mound 20ft high and 180ft in circumference, traditionally the site of Fingal's grave.
W Jolly 1882.

A natural knoll, with field clearance stones added to it.
Visited by OS (RD) 14 July 1964.

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--- SHG1317 Text/Publication/Article: Jolly, W. 1882. On cup-marked stones in the neighbourhood of Inverness; with an appendix on cup-marked stones in the Western Islands. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 16. 300-401. 382-3.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 2977 2641 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH22NE
Civil Parish	KILMORACK
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/70738 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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