Monument record MHG8060 - Keanstruie

Summary

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6690 8338 (14m by 14m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH68SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish EDDERTON

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Type and Period (1)

Full Description

NH68SE 17 6691 8338.

At NH 6691 8338 at the SW end of a ridge is an arc of contiguous earthfast stones on edge forming three quarters of a circle about 4.0, in diameter, open to the NW. The interior is level and heather obscures its content. It is possibly a robbed cairn, the stones being taken to help build a wall hard by to the E.
Visited by OS (A A) 30 October 1970.

As described.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 30 October 1974.

This cairn has been reduced to an arc of earthfast stones.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978.

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1979. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Easter Ross, Ross and Cromarty District, Highland Region. . 12, No. 54.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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