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Muir Of Conan

Cairn (Period Unknown)

Site Name Muir Of Conan

Classification Cairn (Period Unknown)

Canmore ID 12841

Site Number NH55SW 1

NGR NH 54467 52093

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Urquhart And Logie Wester
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH55SW 1 5446 5208.

(NH 54465208) Cairn {NR}

OS 6"map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed.,(1907)

A derelict round cairn 41ft in diameter and 3ft high. Its appearance does not suggest the possible remains of a chamber or cist amongst the debris.

A A Woodham 1956.

A slightly mutilated cairn, heavily overgrown with scrub. It measures approx. 11.0m in diameter and 1.4m high. There is no sign of a chamber or a kerb.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (A A) 3 March 1969.

No change.

Visited by RCHAMS (JRS) March 1989.

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Field Visit (July 1979)

Muir of Conan NH 544 520 NH55SW 1

This disturbed cairn measures about 12.5m in diameter and 1 m in height.

RCAHMS 1979, visited July 1979

Woodham 1956, 74, no. 18

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