Monument record MHG4628 - Docharn

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 9199 2000 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH92SW
Old County INVERNESS-SHIRE
Civil Parish DUTHIL AND ROTHIEMURCHUS
Geographical Area BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY

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Full Description

NH92SW 2 92 20.

The district called Docharn (prob. Davoch of the cairns) contains some "hundreds" of cairns, the majority of them small. (Three large ones specifically mentioned, separately recorded).
A Mitchell and J Drummond 1875.

No trace of these cairns was found. The probable area is now covered by a dense plantation.
It is probable that Mitchell is referring to stone clearance heaps.
Visited by OS (R L) 2 November 1966.

No change.
Visited by OS (N K B) 26 September 1969.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Mitchell, A and Drummond, J. 1874. Vacation notes in Cromar, Burghead, and Strathspey. Including notice of one of the supposed burial-places of St Columba. Proc Soc Antiq Scot Volume 10. 603-89. 683.

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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