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MHG4643 - Cairnfield - Milton

Summary

A large area containing cairns on the lower slopes Creag Mheadhonach.

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Field system, Clearance heaps, lynchets.
Form: standing structures
Condition: incomplete
Land use: rough pasture
Relief: moderate hillslope
Aspect: N

Centred at NH 943 144 is a field system marked by stone clearance heaps, and an occasional lynchet.
Near its E edge at NH 9462 1445 are the last remnants of a cairn c. 7.0m in diameter, which has been robbed to its base. No trace of a cist. A kerb of contiguous stones survives around the S half.
Some 30 metres to the SW at NH 9460 1443 are the vestiges of another in an even worse state of preservation. It measures c. 5.7m in diameter. One or two large stones around the perimeter may be what is left of a kerb.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (A A) 18 February 1974.

A walkover survey was undertaken at Pityoulish Estate by Headland Archaeology in 1999.

Four concentrations of cairns on the undulating slopes of Creag Mheadhonach (Figure 7). The majority of the area is vegetated with rank heather and, in the eastern part of Site 15a dense coniferous woodland. In view of this it was difficult to determine the exact limits and character of the cairns.

Site 15a (NH 9440 1443) - A large area containing cairns on the lower slopes Creag Mheadhonach. And incorporating NMRS sites NH91SW2,3 & 4. In the eastern part of the area the cairns are restricted to some of the flatter areas of land and are likely to represent clearance features. They are characteristically 3-5 m in diameter. In the western part of the area, within the conifer plantation the cairns are somewhat bigger with some, such as the one noted by the NMRS (NH91SW3 ), being over 12.5 m in diameter. A number of these are potentially funerary cairns. Several of the cairns in Site 15a appear to have been modified to form animal shelters. <1>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 9438 1444 (745m by 359m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH91SW
Civil Parish	ABERNETHY AND KINCARDINE
Geographical Area	BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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