Monument record MHG8217 - Cairn, Bogallan Wood
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 6441 5029 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH65SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KNOCKBAIN |
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Full Description
Cairn (NR) OS 6" map, (1959)
This is a roughly circular cairn, measuring 70ft N-S by 66ft transversely and standing to max height of 8ft. Although it has been extensively robbed on N side, probably to provide material for two now ruined crofts which flank it on SW and NE, centre is still grass-grown and may well be intact. The cairn is said to have been erected about 1340 to commemorate the Battle of Blairnacoi (NH65SE 11).
Name Book 1872; A A Woodham 1856.
A mutilated and extensively robbed round cairn, outer limits of which measure 26m from NE-SW by 24m transversely, and surviving to max height of 2.2m at its centre. Its traditional association with Battle of Blairnacoi could not be confirmed locally.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R B) 16 March 1966.
This cairn is extant and as described above.
Visited by OS (J B) 18 February 1981.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG2675 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. . 9, No. 23.
- --- SHG3347 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 17, 74.
- --- SHG72 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 74.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
