Tordarroch
Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Site Name Tordarroch
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 13221
Site Number NH63SE 39
NGR NH 6800 3360
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13221
- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH63SE 39 6800 3360
A massive earthen mound to the N of the ring cairn (NH63SE 3) and E of the cup-marked stone (NH63SE 16). The mound is marked on the 1:2500 OS map, but is treated as a natural feature. It is oval in plan, c. 35.0m N-S by c. 20.0m E-W, and stands c. 3.5m high. Although there are numerous glacial hillocks in the valley, the sides of this monument rise so steeply from the surrounding ground that it seems unlikely that it is a natural feature. Where the body of the mound had been exposed by animal erosion, it can be seen to be made up of earth and very little stone.
Information from S T Driscoll (see archive MS/550, 2).
Project (July 1989)
Pre-afforestation survey undertaken in Tordarroch, Davoit and Dunlichty, Inverness, commissioned by Historic Buildings and Monuments, Scottish Development department.
S T Driscoll, 1989.
Field Visit (5 November 1992)
This mound is composed of gravel and small stones, and appears to be entirely natural.
Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) 5 November 1992.
