MHG62993 - Linear feature/possible burial mounds - Brockies Corner Wood
Summary
A linear feature/possible burial mounds at Brockies Corner Wood.
Type and Period (3)
- LINEAR FEATURE (Unknown date)
- MOUND (Unknown date)
- BURIAL? (Unknown date)
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. Brockies Corner Wood.
At OS 525438 and a short distance in from the gate on the Brockies Corner/Kiltarlity road there is what appears to be a small linear cemetery consisting of four mounds running in a-straight line N-S. No. 1 is a circular mound 4 yards in diameter, and adjacent on the down side is No. 2 with a diameter of 5 yards. Four yards distant is No. 3, an oval mound 6 yards x 5 yards. Nine yards separates No. 3 from No. 4, and it is much the largest being about 3 feet high at the centre and also oval, 8 yards x 6 yards. There is no trace of a surrounding ditch at any of the mounds. A large elongated mound can be seen with difficulty at the west side of a recently opened extraction track running from the roadside gate southwards through dense spruces. <1>
Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates and site description. (T. Blackie 31/07/23)
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5250 4380 (40m by 40m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH54SW |
| Civil Parish | KILTARLITY AND CONVINTH |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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