Monument record MHG8959 - Cairtn & burial, Corriefoulis

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Location

Grid reference Centred NH 5777 6488 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NH56SE
Geographical Area ROSS AND CROMARTY
Old County ROSS-SHIRE
Civil Parish KILTEARN

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Full Description

Site of Cairn {NR} Human Remains found AD 1860 {NAT}
OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

The remains of a human skeleton found under site of a cairn. The cairn contained about 150 cartloads of stones which have been totally removed.
Name Book 1875.

There are no traces of a cairn in area indicated except that it contains a high stony content.
Visited by OS (N K B) 30 June 1965.

Cairn (NR) (site of) OS 1:10,000, (1971)

No change. Visited by OS (J B) 18 November 1976

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. . 11, No. 47.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 1, 85.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

May 13 2016 12:00AM

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