Monument record MHG7192 - Axes and flint tools, Slagachorrie

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Grid reference Centred NH 9000 5100 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH95SW
Old County NAIRNSHIRE
Civil Parish CAWDOR
Geographical Area NAIRN

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NH95SW 5 90 51.
Stone axes, flint arrowheads, saws and scrapers have been found at Slagachorrie (NH 90 51), and a hollow in the neighbourhood is known as a flint pit, but the ground in which it occurs is now planted. Until recently remains of small cairns and circles formed of gneiss and conglomerate blocks studded the fields, and one boulder on the slope of the Hill of the Ord retains the Name of "The Cromlech".
G Bain 1893

No local information. The slopes of the Ord are now afforested.
Visited by OS (RL) 17 December 1970

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Bain, G. 1893. History of Nairnshire. 2nd ed.. 2.
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1978. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region. . 9, No. 25.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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