Drummossie Muir
Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Drummossie Muir
Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 13518
Site Number NH64SE 35
NGR NH 69785 40097
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13518
- Council Highland
- Parish Daviot And Dunlichity
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64SE 35 6978 4009.
At NH 6978 4009, on a rise, is a cairn which has recently been ploughed through and afforested. It survives as a stony mound c. 0.7m high and c.10.0m in diameter, with occassional large stones around the perimeter, probably displaced kerb-stones. The centre, where a cist might be expected, is undisturbed.
Visited by OS (A A) 22 April 1970.
Surveyed at 1/2500
Visited by OS (A A) 4 January 1972.
Field Visit (June 1978)
Drummossie Muir NH 698 400 NH64NE 35
This disturbed cairn stands in dense forest 1.3km SSE of Welltown of Easter Leys farmhouse. It measures about 10m in diameter over a possible kerb and is 0. 7m in height.
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1978
