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MHG62120 - Burial cairn - Urchany (Allt na Criche)

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Burial cairn, Urchany (Allt na Criche)

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Depop., cairns, etc.
OS 6"map annotated by A L F Rivet (nd)
The field system, partly overlaid by a depopulated steading, is marked by stone clearance heaps, lynchets and walls forming fields varying in size from about 15 m by 10 m to about 50 m by 30 m.
Divorced survey at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (R L) 17 March 1970

(Name: NH 4555 4550) Settlement & Field System (NR)
OS 1/10,000map, (1975)

This unenclosed settlement comprises the remains of four oval stone-walled houses and two scarped platforms which may represent the sites of timber houses. In the vicinity there are several other platforms of unknown function and also extensive remains of stone clearance, some of which may be of relatively recent date.
RCAHMS 1979 <1>

The North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NoSAS) undertook an archaeological survey of Urchany in 2015. A number of probable burial cairns/cists were recorded.

Site C75; Kerbed burial cairn*. This stone mound, covered with heather, is close to C73 (see MHG62117) & 30m due south of C74 (see MHG62119). It is elliptical, 10m NS x 5m EW, standing up to 2m high. There are no other distinguishing features. It has not been robbed. <2>

NGR adjusted based on 2015 aerial photographs. <3>

(*Note; the report titles this cairn as a 'kerbed burial cairn' but the description notes it as an elliptical mound with no distinquishing features. It has therefore been recorded as a burial cairn. T.Blackie 13/10/20)

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4542 4551 (11m by 11m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH44NE
Civil Parish	KILMORACK
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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