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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 659584
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/659584
NH15SE 1 1793 5352.
(NH 17935352) Carn Chaorain (NAT.)
OS 6"map, 2nd ed., Ross and Cromarty, (1905)
'Carn Chaorain', a large heap of stone on the road leading from Strathconon to Glencarron, is 'the supposed place of burial of a Scandinavian chief of that name'. The name means 'Cuaran's Cairn.'
Name Book 1875
Carn Chaorain, a heap of stone c.8.0m in diameter and 2.0m high, situated in a hollow on the north side of the old road. The tradition that it is the burial place of a Scandinavian king is not known locally and is probably erroneous, although the name is verified (Mr Campbell, Carnoch, Strathconan, Ross and Cromarty). According to Mr. Campbell, it marks the spot where a "Skyeman was killed during the cattle droving".
Visited by OS (N K B) 21 October 1966
