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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 662578
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/662578
NH67NE 3 6977 7513.
(NH 697 752) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
King's Head Cairn. Round with polygonal chamber of Orkney-Cromarty type. The cairn itself is almost entirely removed but its edge is quite distinct showing a diameter of 85ft EW and 75ft NS. The chamber is constructed of large slabs and stands clear and almost intact with its interior choked with debris and surmounted by a birch tree whose roots envelope the structure. Seven feet NW of the back of the chamber is a cist with four side stones measuring 3 by 4ft and at least 3ft 6ins deep.
ISSFC 1902; V G Childe 1944; J M Davidson 1948; A S Henshall 1963, visited 14 July 1956.
As described above, this cairn is situated in a dense birch wood.
Visited by OS (R D L) 12 May 1963.
