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Craigiehowe Wood

Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Craigiehowe Wood

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 13579

Site Number NH65SE 16

NGR NH 6791 5157

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NH65SE 16 6791 5157

At NH 6791 5157 is a stony mound c. 7.0m in diameter and c. 0.6m high, prominently situated on a rise. Possibly a cairn.

Visited by OS (A A), 7 January 1971.

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Field Visit (July 1979)

Craigiehowe NH 67 51, 68 51 NH65SE 3, 16 & 17

Spread over an area of about 12ha (30 acres) on the ridge of Craigiehowe there are two hut-circles and seven cairns.

(6) NH 679 515. This cairn stands 45m ENE of (4); it measures 7m in diameter and 0.6m in height.

RCAHMS 1979, visited July 1979

Woodham 1956, 85, no. 55

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