Battlefield record MHG8145 - Cairn (site) Ferryton

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 6772 6650 (50m by 50m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH66NE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish RESOLIS

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Full Description

There are now no surface remains of this cairn, situated in the middle of a pasture field on gently sloping ground.
Revised at 1/2500. Visited by OS (R B) 13 January 1966.

Cairn (NR). (Site of). OS 6" map, (1959)

When visited on 8th September, 1954, this site was under crop, but the farmer stated that his predecessor had removed the cairn, and that no trace of it remained.
The Name Book (1875) described it as a large cairn of stones which had never been opened, but which was traditionally associated with a battle fought in the neighbourhood.
Name Book 1875; A A Woodham 1956; Information from A A Woodham to OS.

Information RCAHMS emergency survey 1943, 19

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- 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. . 10, No. 31.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 27, 16.
  • --- Text/Publication/Article: Woodham, A. A.. 1956. A survey of prehistoric monuments in the Black Isle. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 88 (1953-55). 65-93. p 81.

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Record last edited

Jan 15 2010 1:55PM

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