Monument record MHG4604 - Tullochgorum

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Grid reference Centred NH 9647 2130 (30m by 30m)
Map sheet NH92SE
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUTHIL AND ROTHIEMURCHUS
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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NH92SE 3 9648 2130.

(NH 9648 2130) Stone Circle (NR)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

A Clava cairn, greatly robbed though the greater part of the kerb still exists, outside which is a considerable bank of cairn material.
Within the centre are five stones, apparently earth-fast, but some probable monoliths are situated at similar distances (ie. 16') from the kerb on the N and NE sides.
A S Henshall 1963, visited 1957.

The remains of a Clava-type cairn as described and planned by Henshall.
Visited by OS (N K B) 16 September 1966.

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  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Tullochgorum.. Colour Slide. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Cairn, Tullochgorum.. Colour Slide. .
  • --- Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 386, INV 49; plan.

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Mar 2 2012 12:33PM

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