Monument record MHG9014 - Carn Glas
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5783 5206 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH55SE |
| Geographical Area | ROSS AND CROMARTY |
| Old County | ROSS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | KILLEARNAN |
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Full Description
NH55SE 6 5784 5206.
Carn Glas (OE) OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
Carn Glas (Kilcoy I)
This chambered cairn of Camster type ( i.e. Orkney-Cromarty, rectangular, round) has been very much reduced by the removal of stone. When excavated by Woodham in 1955 (AA Woodham and MF Woodham 1959) it measured some 70 ft dia. And outer part of the passage had been destroyed to remain only as N wall of one boulder and S wall of two stones - this surviving part being 4 ft. long and 2 ft. 3 ins wide at outer end. The bi-partite chamber is 9 ft. long and 4 to 5 ft. Wide; entrance to each compartment is between a pair of transverse slabs 1 ft. 3 ins to 2 ft. 6 ins. High - each with a flat sill stone between. The chambers are composed of single slabs each about 2 ft.9 ins high but the pointed end stone is 5 ft.3 ins, high. Relics included secondary Neolithic and Beaker pottery, a leaf-shaped and a barbed arrowhead; this would seem to imply 2 successive burials or periods of burial with interval between being indeterminate.
A A Woodham 1956; A S Henshall 1963; R W Feachem 1963. <1>-<3>
Carn Glas, a bracken and whin covered chambered cairn, now 1.1m high, is as described above. The chamber, 1m deep, is partially filled with rubble stones.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 21 January 1965.
No change. Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 3 March 1989.
Photographs of this cairn have been submitted by a member of the public. It is described as being almost totally covered with whin bushes. <4>
A visitor to the HER website contacted us in September 2008 expressing concern over the condition of this site and access difficulties, due to it being encircled with barbed wire and completely covered in gorse and broom. The comments have been referred to Historic Scotland. <5>
Carn Glas was visited by members of NOSAS, ARCH and North Kessock & District Local History Society on the 15th and 19th of February 2014 to remove vegetation and debris from the stones of the cairn surrounding the central chambers. Three photographs were submitted of the site by Graham Clark of ARCH at the time.
Sources/Archives (10)
- --- SHG1522 Text/Publication/Article: Close-Brooks, J. 1984. ''Some early querns'', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 113 1983, p.282-9. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 282-9. 284.
- --- SHG1662 Text/Publication/Article: Woodham and Woodham, A A and M F. 1959. 'The excavation of a chambered cairn at Kilcoy, Ross-shire', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 90 1956-7, p.102-15. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 102-15. 102-15.
- --- 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. . 7, No. 6.
- --- SHG380 Text/Publication/Article: Woodham, A A. 1955. 'Cairn Glas, Kilcoy', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1955, p.26-7. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 26-7. 23.
- --- 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 68.
- <1> SHG381 Text/Publication/Article: Woodham, A A. 1956. 'Cairn Glas, Kilcoy', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1956, p.23. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 23. 26-7.
- <2> SHG357 Text/Publication/Monograph: Henshall, A S. 1963. The chambered tombs of Scotland, Volume 1. 342-3, ROS 12; plan, 341, fig. 77.
- <3> SHG2187 Text/Publication/Volume: Feachem, R W. 1963. A Guide to Prehistoric Scotland. 1st. 58.
- <4> SHG23813 Image/Photograph(s): Member of public. 2008. Carn Glas Chambered Cairn. Colour. Yes. Digital.
- <5> SHG22709 Text/Correspondence: Private individual. 2008-11. Feedback from website visitor. Yes. Digital. 23-09-2008.
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Record last edited
Feb 25 2014 11:03AM
