Monument record MHG39883 - Possible Clearance Cairns, Tom Breac Mor

Summary

Site of a series of small cairns which may indicate field clearance.

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Grid reference Centred NH 6438 2899 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH62NW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DAVIOT AND DUNLICHITY
Geographical Area INVERNESS

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There is a hut-circle, with small cairns close by to the S and W, on a SSE-facing hillside some 250m ENE of the hut-circle NH62NW 40. It measures 11m in diameter within a stony bank, spread to 2m in thickness and standing 0.4m high. The hut has been terraced on the downslope side and it has a scooped interior.
(USN93 262)
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 5 March 1993.

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  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1994. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Upper Strathnairn, Inverness: an archaeological survey: summary report. .

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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