MHG62935 - Cairn - Drumashie Moor
Summary
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Type and Period (1)
- CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
One of two cairns on Drumashie Moor - see MHG3535 for the other cairn.
(NH 6306 3593) Cairn (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1904)
At NH 632 358 are two small cairns close to each other about 100 yards from the road
A A Woodham 1965.
The cairn published on OS 6", survives as a mutilated mound of stones on the spine of a low ridge measuring c. 8.5m in diameter and 0.3m high. No kerbstones or cist are evident. The second "cairn" 20.0m to the SW, noted by Woodham is scattered tumble from a ruined wall.
Divorced survey at 1/10,000
Visited by OS (N K B) 17 April 1970.
On Environment Agency LiDAR data the second "cairn" to the southwest (this record) appears quite clearly as a round feature and not just tumble from a ruined field wall which may be built over it [IS-L 17/07/2023]. <1>
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6306 3593 (20m by 20m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH63NW |
| Civil Parish | DORES |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13168 (View HES Canmore record for this site)
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