MHG8217 - Cairn - Bogallan Wood
Summary
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Type and Period (2)
- COMMEMORATIVE CAIRN (Neolithic to Medieval - 4000 BC to 1559 AD)
- (Alternate Type) CAIRN (Neolithic to Medieval - 4000 BC to 1559 AD)
Protected Status
Full Description
Cairn (NR) OS 6" map, (1959)
This is a roughly circular cairn, measuring 70ft N-S by 66ft transversely and standing to max height of 8ft. Although it has been extensively robbed on N side, probably to provide material for two now ruined crofts which flank it on SW and NE, centre is still grass-grown and may well be intact. The cairn is said to have been erected about 1340 to commemorate the Battle of Blairnacoi (NH65SE 11).
Name Book 1872; A A Woodham 1856.
A mutilated and extensively robbed round cairn, outer limits of which measure 26m from NE-SW by 24m transversely, and surviving to max height of 2.2m at its centre. Its traditional association with Battle of Blairnacoi could not be confirmed locally.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R B) 16 March 1966.
The cairn was Scheduled in 1971.
This cairn is extant and as described above.
Visited by OS (J B) 18 February 1981.
The scheduling name and description were amended by Historic Environment Scotland in 2020. <1>
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG2675 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of the Black Isle, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 9, No. 23.
- --- SHG3347 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 17, 74.
- --- SHG72 Text/Publication/Article: Woodham, A. A.. 1956. A survey of prehistoric monuments in the Black Isle. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 88 (1953-55). 65-93. p 74.
- <1> SHG28783 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Environment Scotland. 2020. Amendment to a Scheduled Monument Notification - SM3121. Historic Environment Scotland. 09/01/2020. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6441 5029 (6m by 6m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH65SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | KNOCKBAIN |
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External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM3121 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/13611 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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