Monument record MHG3751 - Henachrie

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6017 4221 (172m by 132m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH64SW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish KIRKHILL
Geographical Area INVERNESS

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NH64SW 14 601 422

See also NH64SW 30.

(NH 602 422) Cairns (NR) (Five shown)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1906)

There are a few stone cairns in the fir plantation about 1/2 mile NE of Blair na Henachrie croft.
Name Book 1872.

In the area centred NH 601 422, in dense afforestation, there are five small grass-covered cairns varying in diameter from 5.2m to 7.0m, and in height from 0.5m to 0.8m. Two of the cairns have small excavation trenches in the top. The cairns appear to be genuine, and not merely field clearance heaps.
Visited by OS (R D) 30 November 1964.

About 20 stone clearance heaps, 2 of them excavated, were seen in the area of the published 'cairns'. Any trace of associated fields and huts is concealed or destroyed by afforestation.
Visited by OS (R L) 9 September 1969.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North-east Inverness, Inverness District, Highland Region. . 12, No. 55.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 52, 42.

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Record last edited

May 17 2016 3:32PM

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