MHG8060 - Keanstruie

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CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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NH68SE 17 6691 8338.

At NH 6691 8338 at the SW end of a ridge is an arc of contiguous earthfast stones on edge forming three quarters of a circle about 4.0, in diameter, open to the NW. The interior is level and heather obscures its content. It is possibly a robbed cairn, the stones being taken to help build a wall hard by to the E.
Visited by OS (A A) 30 October 1970.

As described.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 30 October 1974.

This cairn has been reduced to an arc of earthfast stones.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978.

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--- SHG2670 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 12, No. 54.

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Grid reference	Centred NH 6690 8338 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NH68SE
Geographical Area	ROSS AND CROMARTY
Civil Parish	EDDERTON

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/13894 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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