Monument record MHG8499 - Blar A Chath

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Grid reference Centred NH 9270 8700 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH98NW
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish TARBAT

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Tumuli (NR) (Site of) OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

A number of small irregular mounds, supposed to be the burial places of victims of a battle that took place on Blar a' Chath. Some of tumuli were destroyed in land reclamation.
Name Book 1872

No trace. 1st edition 25" shows more cairns than indicated here. Tumuli average 0.6m high by 2.0m in diameter (Info from OS revisor) Visited by OS (A A) 12 September 1972.

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 21 September 1977.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 30, 13.

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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