MHG8899 - Cairns - Heights of Keppoch
Summary
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Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
Area marked as "tumuli" on 1st ed OS - HAW 11/2003
NH56SW 5 500 610 to 501 611.
Cairns (NR) (9 shown) OS 6"map, (1969)
Small mounds of earth and stone. Name Book 1876.
On a partially afforested ridge are about 30 stone clearance heaps, including the nine previously published as cairns. They are of a type usually found in association with hut circles.
Visited by OS (N K B) 21 December 1970
No change; no cultivation plots are discernible.
Visited by OS (J B) 11 November 1976.
A scatter of small cairns. RCAHMS 1979.
Local researcher J Wombell submitted information about nine cairns in this cairnfield, as follows:
1. A low mound of heather and lichen covered stones, possibly recorded on older OS maps as a tumulus, at 250169 861155, c6m diam x 0.4m high at centre.
2. Low oval mound of heather and moss covered stones, recorded as tumulus on older OS maps, at 250041 861051, c5m x 4m x 0.5m high at centre.
3. Low heather and lichen covered mound of stones, recorded as a tumulus on older OS maps at 250169 86115, c6m diam x 0.4m high at centre.
4. Low heather covered oval mound of stones, recorded as a tumulus on older OS maps at 250172 861157, c7m x 4m x 0.3m high at centre.
5. Low heather covered mound of stones at 249906 860967, c6m diam x 0.5m high at centre.
6. Distinctive stone cairn at 249752 860887 c6m diam x 0.5m high at centre.
7. Large heather covered stone cairn at 249656 860856 c 18m diam x 0.5m high at centre.
8. Heather covered stone cairn at 249664 860840, c6m diam x 0.5m high with a slightly dished centre.
9. Heather covered stone cairn at 249528 860757, c5m diam x 0.5m high.
Also on the same ridge, in between the cairns, is a sunken oval structure at 250171 861142 measuring c.6m east west by 4m by 1m deep overall, with entrance in the south east corner. <1>
At present it is not clear which of the above features relate to records already held by the HER. This will be clarified at a future point and records created/amended as required. <2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- 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. . 13, No. 75.
- --- SHG3399 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 9, 60.
- <1> SHG25253 Text/Correspondence: Wombell, J. 2011. Information and photographs from John Wombell about various sites not in HER. Yes. Digital.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 4988 6100 (725m by 600m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH46SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Civil Parish | FODDERTY |
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- https://trove.scot/place/12950 (View record on the HES Trove website)
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