Monument record MHG7963 - "Remains of Cairns", shore from Kessock to Redcastle

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Grid reference Centred NH 6199 4800 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH64NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish KILLEARNAN

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NB several crannogs in the Cromarty Firth in this general area. Gr given as in Firth towards eastern end of this section - HAW 10/2003

NH64NW 14 65 47 to 58 49.
The remains of cairns were washed open on the range of shore that stretches from the ferry of Kessock (NH 6547) to nearly Redcastle (NH 5849) and found to contain beams of wood, urns, and human bones.
H Miller 1835.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Miller, H. 1835. Scenes and legends of the north of Scotland, or the traditional history of Cromarty. 71.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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