MHG8729 - Callachy Hill Cairn
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (1)
- BURIAL CAIRN (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Protected Status
Full Description
The Immed area around mound has been cleared of trees. Still prominent. Major trench across centre with spoil dumped down side of mound. Another smaller trench (1-2m wide) cutting mound almost to centre and down to orig ground surface probably. Whole becoming very overgrown. Prior to afforestation this mound would have been visible from considerable distance. See photos. - HAW 10/2002
NH76SW 5 7385 6050.
NH 738 605 - This is an unchambered round cairn, 45' diameter and 6' high.
It has been excavated on 3 occasions, all 3 trenches still being plainly visible. In 1883, Major Colin MacKenzie exposed a small cist - 2'6" long, 1'8" broad and 1'8" deep - in the centre of the cairn.
W MacKenzie (1908) re-excavated cairn 1906 and again 1907, revealing a secondary cremated burial near the edge of the cairn. A fragment of the rim of an urn was also found, but is now lost. It was decorated with 'punctulated dots'.
W Mackenzie 1908; A A Woodham 1956.
A cairn, as described by Woodham, situated at NH 7385 6050 on a prominent ridge in an area of afforestation. No trace of the cist remains.
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 21 January 1966
No change to previous report. Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 10 January 1978.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SHG1291 Text/Publication/Article: Mackenzie, W. 1908. 'Notices (1) of a cist, with "food-vessel" urn, at Easter Moy; and (2) of a prehistoric cairn on Callachy Hill, in the Black Isle, Ross-shire, with plan and section', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 42 1907-8, p.66-73. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 66-73. 71; plan.
- --- SHG23294 Text/Report/Management Plan: Forestry Commission & Historic Scotland. 2008. Callachy Hill Cairn 450m NE of Flowerburn House. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- --- 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. 24.
- --- 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.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7384 6050 (16m by 16m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH76SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | ROSEMARKIE |
Finds (1)
- SHERD (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Investigations/Events (0)
External Links (2)
- http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM4561 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/14536 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)
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