Monument record MHG8173 - Long Cairn - Kinrive East
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7000 7541 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH77NW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILMUIR EASTER |
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Full Description
NH67NE 5 6999 7540.
Long cairn, orientated NE-SW, 45ft long and 25ft wide.
Somewhat denuded, it now has a height of only 3ft. No visible signs of chamber. Human bones have often been found (ISSFC 1902).
ISSFC 1902; V G Childe 1944; A S Henshall 1963, Visited 14 July 1966.
NH 6999 7540 Generally as described above this cairn of bare stone measures 18.0m X 11.0m and is 1.2m high.
Visited by OS (R D L) 12 May 1963.
The site was Scheduled with the larger long cairn to the southwest in 1964.
Graham Grant visited this cairn on 23 September 2011 and took some photographs for the HER. He comments that "it really only consists of very few original stones, clearance stones and robber holes - very haphazard and difficult to understand why it is in such poor condition when the other well-preserved long cairn is only a few metres away". He notes that there seem to be numerous graves of farm pets (?) throughout the cairn. <1>
The site was re-scheduled by Historic Environment Scotland in 2016. <2> <3>
NGR amended in 2017 according to its location on OS MasterMap. <4>
Sources/Archives (9)
- --- SHG175 Text/Publication/Article: Childe, V G. 1944. 'An unrecognised group of chambered cairns', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 78 1943-4, p.26-38. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 26-38. 31.
- --- SHG2670 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. . 8, No. 12.
- --- SHG357 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 350, ROS 26.
- --- SHG358 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1972. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 2. 2. Paper (Original). 563, 565, Ros 26.
- --- SHG755 Text/Publication/Article: ISSFC. 1902. 'Excursion to Balnagown and Strathrory', Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club Vol. 5 1895-9, p.359-64. Trans Inverness Sci Soc Fld Club. 359-64. 363.
- <1> SHG24575 Image/Photograph(s): Grant, G. 2009-11. Information and photographs of various HER sites submitted by Graham Grant. Colour. Yes. Digital.
- <2> SHG27658 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: MacIver, M.. 2016. Changes to the schedule of Monuments 27/09/2016. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
- <3> SHG27673 Text/Designation Notification/Scheduled Monument: Historic Environment Scotland. 2016. Amended entry in the Schedule of Monuments: SM2436: Kinrive West and Kinrive East, long cairns 150m NNW and 175m N of Mid Kinrive. Historic Environment Scotland. Digital.
- <4>XY SHG23361 Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Mastermap. Digital. [Mapped features: #50825 Indicative centroid, ; #105610 ]
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Record last edited
Oct 30 2017 2:17PM
