Monument record MHG40177 - Barrow cemetery, 400m NW of Tarradale House

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5494 4895 (30m by 30m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH54NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish URRAY

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Air photography has revealed the crop-marks of at least three ring-ditches 400 m NW of Tarradale House.
RCAHMS 1979; Visible on RCAHMS air photogaphs RC 1857-60, flown 1978.

Cropmarks, cluster of at least five ring-ditches, with possibly two square enclosures, to the N and E of the pentagonal enclosure 400m NW of Tarradale House. Diameter of the three largest circles is c 10-12m. Has the appearance of a barrow cemetery. Noted as 'three ring-ditches' in RCAHMS catalogue of APs, 1978, 18.
J S Bone 1996

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Bone, J S. 1996. 'Tarradale (Urray parish, Ross and Cromarty), cropmark', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1996, p.57. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 57. 57.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Professor G.D.B. Jones. 1993. Excavation and Survey at a Cropomark Site near Muir of Ord, Ross & Cromarty..
  • --- 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. . 16, No. 92.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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