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Kilvean
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Kilvean
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Bught Park
Canmore ID 13539
Site Number NH64SE 7
NGR NH 65 43
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13539
- Council Highland
- Parish Inverness And Bona
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH64SE 7 unlocated.
"There was, a few years ago at Kilvean, a great number of small cairns overgrown with heath. They occupies about an acre on an extensive plain, and were enclosed by a ditch of an orbicular form. These cairns were removed.
Statistical Account (OSA) 1793.
No further information.
Visited by OS (R L) 20 September 1969.
Note (1979)
Bught Park NH c.65 43 NH64SE 7
About 1808 a group of cairns 'at the Bught' was removed during the construction of the Caledonian Canal.
RCAHMS 1979
(Transactions of the Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club, ii 1880-3, 65)
