Monument record MHG4647 - Cairn, Loch Nan Carraigean
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 9078 1549 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH91NW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | DUTHIL AND ROTHIEMURCHUS |
| Geographical Area | BADENOCH AND STRATHSPEY |
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Full Description
Access audit photos, possible number 112 (check) - HAW 11/2003
See photos. in Ass. Docs.
NH91NW 5 9078 1550.
Stone Circle (NR) OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
See Report No. 87 (site 12) - Archaeological Management Plan for Granish Farm by T Rees, AOC, 1996.
J Aitken: 21/09/04
NH 907 154. An impressive Clava ring-cairn, its form perfectly apparent despite some interior disturbance. The kerb, diameter 56', is almost complete. The outside circle of monoliths is now represented by two prostrate slabs (probably over their original positions) part of another, and 4 hollows probably indicating the former positions of stones removed (Henshall 1963)
C G Cash 1906; A S Henshall 1963.
Ring-cairn as described and planned by Henshall.
Visited by OS (R L) 14 November 1966.
Field sketch of cairn and stone circle 3200m N of aviemore - see Assoc. Docs. File.
J Aitken : 18/12/00.
There should be a link in this record to EHG745 <1>
Sources/Archives (13)
- --- SHG1545 Text/Publication/Article: Cash, C G. 1906. 'Stone circles at Grenish, Aviemore, and Delfour, Strathspey', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 40 1905-6, p.245-54. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 245-54. 247; plan.
- --- SHG2004 Text/Publication/Volume: Burl, {H} A {W}. 1976. The stone circles of the British Isles. 359.
- --- SHG20960 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Rees T. 1996. Archaeological Management Plan for Granish Farm, Highland.. AOC (Scotland) Ltd. 01/05/1996. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- --- SHG2867 Text/Publication/Volume: Thom, A. 1967. Megalithic sites in Britain. 72, 81, 137 no. B 7/13.
- --- SHG315 Collection/Catalogue/Gazetteer: Thom, Thom and Burl, A, A S and [H] A [W]. 1980. Megalithic rings: plans and data for 229 monuments in Britain. 81. 260-1.
- --- SHG357 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 379-80, INV 34; plan.
- --- SHG5128 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5129 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5130 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5131 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5132 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- --- SHG5133 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
- <1> SHG25666 Collection/Project Archive: Archaeology for Communities in the Highlands (ARCH). 2012. Digital site gazetteer and archive for ARCH Community Timeline Project: Boat of Garten. Yes. Digital. Site 5.
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Record last edited
Jul 4 2016 11:55AM
