Monument record MHG8657 - Long Cairn, Cambuscurrie
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 7349 8339 (110m by 94m) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH78SW |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | TAIN |
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Full Description
NH78SW 14 7348 8340.
A long cairn oriented nearly E-W and measuring 61m long by 14m broad across the straight E end, narrowing to 7m near the centre and c10m broad at the W end. The cairn material has been subject to robbing and other disturbance but there is no sign of a chamber. About two thirds along its length from the E, is a 2m gap in debris which may be original but is more likely modern, possibly where a track has cut it.
Notified by Small (G Small, Head Forester, Morangie, Tain)
Surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (A A) 6 August 1971.
This Long Cairn stands about 900m SE of Redburn.
RCAHMS 1979, visited November 1978.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG23378 Text/Report/Management Plan: Forestry Commission & Historic Scotland. 2008. Red Burn Cottage, Long Cairn 880m SE of. Digital (scanned as PDF).
- --- 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. . 7, No. 8.
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Record last edited
Apr 11 2008 10:11AM
