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MHG62130 - Burial cairn - Urchany (Allt na Criche)

Summary

Probable robbed 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 C85; On relatively level ground, before a broad valley leads southwards to the Breakachy Burn, lie two similar structures, C85 & C86 (see MHG62131), four metres apart. C85 is a circle of laid stones, 2m diameter, 0.2m high. The centre of the circle is flat, heathercovered ground. It is unclear what this structure represents, although a robbed burial cairn is the most likely explanation. <2>

NGR adjusted based on 2015 aerial photographs. <3>

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Grid reference	Centred NH 4545 4557 (3m by 3m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH44NE
Civil Parish	KILMORACK
Geographical Area	INVERNESS

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