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Bishop Kinkell
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Bishop Kinkell
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Balvaird Wood
Canmore ID 12863
Site Number NH55SW 3
NGR NH 54133 52792
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12863
- Council Highland
- Parish Urquhart And Logie Wester
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH55SW 3 5412 5279.
(NH 5412 5279) This Orkney-Cromarty, Polygonal, round chambered cairn, truncated by a field wall, has had almost all the cairn material removed - though an indefinite edge can be traced for about 30 ft. from the chamber on the S. and W.
Nine stones remain of the chamber, whose entrance was in the E, and of these 5 represent what was formerly 3 pairs of transverse slabs spaced 3-5 feet apart and probably indicating a very short passage and ante chamber.
The main chamber, once oval and about 11 ft x 7 1/2 ft, is represented by only 4 slabs 1ft 9ins. to 3 ft. high - rather taller than the transverse slabs.
A S Henshall 1963; A S Henshall and J C Wallace 1956.
This cairn is as described above.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 22 January 1965.
No change.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) March 1989.
Field Visit (June 1979)
Bishop Kinkell (ROS 9) NH 541 527 NH55SW 3
About 550m SSE of the moated site NH55SW 4, there are the remains of an Orkney Cromarty cairn consisting of an oval chamber measuring about 3.4m by 2.3m and entered from the ENE through a short passage and antechamber.
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1979
Henshall 1963-72, i, 338
