MHG62973 - Possible kerb cairn - Beaufort
Summary
Possible robbed kerb cairn at Beaufort.
Type and Period (1)
- KERB CAIRN? (Bronze Age - 2400 BC? to 551 BC?)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
The Inverness Field Club, led by Donald Coghill, surveyed a number of sites in the Aird area between 1987 and 1989. Beaufort.
Close to the east side of a boundary ditch between an arable field and woodland sloping down from the public road, there is, on the level at the bottom of the slope, a low robbed cairn which appears to have been kerbed and oval-shaped, roughly 5 yards in diameter. <1>
Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. (T. Blackie 28/07/23)
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5209 4339 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH54SW |
| Civil Parish | KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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