MHG62125 - Burial cairn - Urchany (Allt na Criche)

Summary

Possible robbed burial cairn, Urchany (Allt na Criche)

Type and Period (1)

  • BURIAL CAIRN? (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)

Protected Status

  • None recorded

Full Description

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 C28; Possible Burial Cairn. Revealed by a further muir burning, subsequent to the 2015 survey, this mound of stones, 4m NS x 2m
EW, became more prominent, just north of the main Urchany track. There is a rough, stony, 0.3m deep depression in the centre. This probably represents removal of stones, ie robbing, at some stage in the past, suggesting this is a robbed burial cairn. <2>

NGR adjusted based on 2015 aerial photographs. <3>

Sources/Archives (3)

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 4554 4558 (5m by 5m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NH44NE
Civil Parish KILMORACK
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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