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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 675199
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/675199
NM93NW 16 9219 3534
(NM 9219 3534) Cairn (NR)
(Undated) OS annotation.
Known as 'The Baron's Cairn', this cairn stands in a hollow on the Moss of Achnacree and is completely free of peat. It measures 19.2 metres north to south by 18.3m transversely and is 2.3 metres in height. The shallow depressions visible on the top and flanks may be the result of Smith's exploratory trenching in about 1870 when he established that the cairn was not chambered. It is probable that any primary burials remain undisturbed.
R A Smith 1870-2; RCAHMS 1975.
As described. Name, 'The Baron's Cairn' was not confirmed locally.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (DWR) 28 October 1971.
