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Cnoc A' Mhargadaidh

Beaker (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Cnoc A' Mhargadaidh

Classification Beaker (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 12877

Site Number NH56NE 14

NGR NH 5568 6779

NGR Description NH c.5568 6779

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Alness
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Ross And Cromarty
  • Former County Ross And Cromarty

Archaeology Notes

NH56NE 14 5568 6779

According to Mr Munro-Fergusson (Novar House, Alness), an ornamented urn was found at NH 5568 6799 during the construction of a forestry road about 1965. It crumbled away when picked up. Fergusson didn't see it, but from a workman's description believes it was a beaker.

Visited by OS (I S S) 29 August 1972

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Note (1979)

Cnoc a' Mhargadaidh NH 556 677 NH56NE 14

About 1965 what may have been a Beaker was found during the construction of a forestry road.

RCAHMS 1979

(2010)

Area known locally as Cnoc an Each, Swordale. Norman Macrae (Romance of a royal burgh: Dingwall's story of a thousand years, 1923) identified the area as a cairnfield, but without cists or finds. However, in the 1960s a cist containing a beaker was found while bulldozing a forest road, but the beaker disintegrated on exposure to the open air.

Information from the ARCH Community Timelines Course, 2010

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