Garbeg
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Garbeg
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Drumnadrochit
Canmore ID 12637
Site Number NH53SW 18
NGR NH 50965 31793
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12637
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Glenmoriston
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
At NH 5096 3179 on a rise, is a heather-covered stony mound, probably a cairn, measuring c.7.5m in diameter and c.0.8m high. It is edged by about seven stones, particularly prominent in the S, probably the remains of a kerb.
Visited by OS (R L) 25 February 1970
Surveyed at 1/2500..
Visited by OS (A A) 7 December 1971
Field Visit (3 September 1997)
NH53SW 18 50965 31793
This cairn is situated on a low grass-grown ridge, but its position is overlooked by higher ridges on both the E and W. The cairn, which has a flat top, measures 6.8m in diameter over a kerb, by 0.5m in height. The kerb is only visible intermittently but the kerbstones appear to be graded in size from the largest on the S to the smallest around the N. An excavation trench driven into centre of the cairn from the S has been backfilled. Gorse is beginning to encroach on the cairn.
(URQ97 67)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 3 September 1997
