Monument record MHG6347 - Cairns, Gallow Hill

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Grid reference Centred NH 8035 6648 (187m by 214m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH86NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish CROMARTY

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NH86NW 6 803 664.

NH 803 664. A number of small cairns are scattered in improved pasture on the ridge to the NE of the OS triangulation station on Gallow Hill. RCAHMS 1979.

The turf- or heather-covered mounds, of which there are two or three dozen, are field clearance heaps of the type usually associated with hut circles.
Visited by OS (J B) 18 February 1981.

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  • --- 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. . 11, No. 43.

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May 26 2016 10:23AM

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