Monument record MHG45031 - Cremation Cemetery, Croftcrunie
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6105 5206 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH65SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILLEARNAN |
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Full Description
NH65SW 1 6106 5206.
Stone Circle (NR) (Remains of) OS 6" map, (1959)
The feature consists of an oval mound, 24ft long by 15ft wide and '4.5ft deep', surrounded eccentrically by a circular wall of stones and earth, 78ft diameter, 3ft wide and c2.5ft high. The mound was excavated by Beaton on 22 April 1882; it was composed of earth with a covering of small boulders, and overlay 4 pits which contained charcoal, ashes and a few fragments of burnt bone. One also contained a 'weapon-sharpening stone', oval and smoothly ground, edges showing marks of friction (Beaton 1882).
According to Woodham (1956) feature consists of an oval, stony mound, 22ft N-S by 19ft E-W and 1ft high (and having a circular depression 6ft diameter, caused by Beaton's excavation) set eccentrically within a circular bank of earth & stones, 86ft diameter 1ft high and from 12 to 15ft thick. In view of eccentricity of setting, he suggests that bank and mound may not be contemporary. A J Beaton 1882; A A Woodham 1956.
An enclosed cremation cemetery levelled into a slight SW slope and surrounded by a circular bank of earth and stones spread to c.4m in N and c.3m elsewhere and measuring c.24m in diameter crest to crest. There is a gap c.4m wide in SE arc which may be a mutilation. Within, in SW half, is the muitlated mound excavated by Beaton which now measures c.9m N-S by c.7m transversely.
Resurveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (A A) 11 November 1971.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG1214 Text/Publication/Article: Beaton, A J. 1882. 'Notes on the antiquities of the Black Isle, Ross-shire, with plans and sections', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 16 1881-2, p.477-92. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 477-92. 485-7; fig. 5.
- --- SHG2675 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. . 12, No. 51.
- --- SHG72 Text/Publication/Article: Woodham, A. A.. 1956. A survey of prehistoric monuments in the Black Isle. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 88 (1953-55). 65-93. p 76.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
