MHG7255 - Clearance Cairn - Dalbuie

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CLEARANCE CAIRN (Neolithic to Late Iron Age - 4000 BC? to 560 AD?)

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NH84SE 8 898 407.

NH 898 407. Numerous small cairns are visible on a S-facing slope at about 325m OD. (For discussion on the period and purpose of monuments of this type, see NT05SE 3.)
RCAHMS 1978, visited 1978.

The general area has been deep-ploughed and planted with conifers. No cairns are extant.
Visited by OS (J M) 2 February 1981.

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--- SHG2672 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 14, No. 91.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 8980 4069 (4m by 4m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH84SE
Civil Parish	ARDCLACH
Geographical Area	NAIRN

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/15088 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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