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Knockfin
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Knockfin
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12166
Site Number NH22NE 2
NGR NH 2930 2599
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12166
- Council Highland
- Parish Kilmorack
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH22NE 2 2930 2599.
Two hundred yards west of the chapel site (NH22NE 1) 'are the remains of a cairn with some surrounding standing stones, enclosing a cist, the sides and bottom of which still remain.'
W Jolly 1882
At NH 2930 2599 there is the grass-covered remains of a cairn, 15.0m in diameter and 0.7m in height, containing a cist measuring 0.9m x 0.5m x 0.5m in depth. No trace of standing stones could be found.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 10 July 1964
(NH 2930 2599) Cairn (NR) Cist (NR)
OS 1/10000 map, (1971)
The cairn and cist are as described by the previous authorities. The cist, which is orientated E-W,lies slightly S of centre.
Published surveys (1/2500 and 1/10,000) correct.
Visited by OS (J B) 1 March 1979
