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Clachan Biorach
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible), Stone(S) (Neolithic)
Site Name Clachan Biorach
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible), Stone(S) (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 12913
Site Number NH56SE 4
NGR NH 5622 6173
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12913
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH56SE 4 5622 6173.
(NH 56216172) Clachan Biorach {NR} (Supposed Remains of Stone Circle)
OS 6"map, (1938)
Two prostrate stones, one measuring about 12' by 6' and the other about 6' square, are all that remain of 'Clachan Biorach' - 'the Pointed Stones' - the setting of 12 large stones, fully described by Dr. Robertson. It was destroyed about 1839.
Miss Henshall thinks that Dr. Robertson's description suggests the remains of an Orkney-Cromarty type cairn, with a large polygonal chamber.
Name Book 1875; Statistical Account (OSA) 1791; New Statistical Account (NSA) 1845.
There is no trace of the two stones described above, the site of which falls on a small natural knoll now under cultivation.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 30 September 1965.
Clachan Biorach (NAT) Cairn (NR) (site of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1971)
The site is on a small natural knoll under cultivation. A small part of what appears to be a large slab, possibly one of stones referred to above, protrudes from the ground on the SE side. There is no trace of a further stone.
Visited by OS (J B) 18 November 1976
Note (1979)
Clachan Biorach (ROS 14) NH 562 617 NH 56 SE 4
Nothing now survives of what was probably an Orkney-Cromarty Cairn.
RCAHMS 1979
(Henshall 1963-72, i, 344).
