Monument record MHG4432 - Kinrara Farm

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 8630 0851 (124m by 169m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH80NE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish ALVIE
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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Type and Period (2)

Full Description

(NH 8625 0849; NH 8627 0848; NH 8628 0852; NH 8629 0843 NH 8633 0858; NH 8635 0856) Tumuli (NR) (sites of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1972)

Human remains, together with pieces of sword blades, buckles etc were discovered about 1800 when several earthen mounds were investigated prior to cultivation of the field. According to tradition, a battle was fought in the vicinity at some unknown date.
Name Book 1871.

No further information; no extant remains.
Visited by OS (N K B) 28 November 1966.

Aerial photography by the RCAHMS (Visible on RCAHMS air photographs IN 3011, IN 3020-1.), has revealed a cemetery of round and square barrows.
Information from G S Maxwell 1978

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Maxwell, G S. 1978. 'Air photography and the works of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland', Aerial Archaeol Vol. 2 1978, p.37-44. Aerial Archaeol. 37-44. 43; pl. xxii.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 4, 14.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

May 24 2016 1:44PM

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