Monument record MHG8899 - Cairn, Heights of Keppoch

Summary

No summary available.

Location

Grid reference Centred NH 4999 6099 (4m by 4m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH46SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish FODDERTY

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Area marked as "tumuli" on 1st ed OS - HAW 11/2003

NH56SW 5 500 610 to 501 611.
Cairns (NR) (9 shown) OS 6"map, (1969)

Small mounds of earth and stone. Name Book 1876.

On a partially afforested ridge are about 30 stone clearance heaps, including the nine previously published as cairns. They are of a type usually found in association with hut circles.
Visited by OS (N K B) 21 December 1970

No change; no cultivation plots are discernible.
Visited by OS (J B) 11 November 1976.

A scatter of small cairns. RCAHMS 1979.

Sources/Archives (2)

  • --- 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. . 13, No. 75.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 9, 60.

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Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2011 1:07PM

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