Baldoon

NH67NW 3 6331 7591

See also NH67NW 2.

(NH 6331 7591) Cairn (NR) Stone Cist containing Human Remains found AD. 1883.

OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

'At Baldoon, on an eminence north of the source of the Achnacloich Burn, are the remains of a cairn which, I think has been a small stronghold. The name 'Baile-n-duin' suggests this. The cairn was oval, 52 feet by 42 feet. Near the centre is an elongated oval of 10 standing stones. It measures 16 feet long by 8 feet broad, divided into two compartments of 8 feet each, by two standing stones, having a space of two feet between them.'

R MacLean 1886.

On the upper south facing slopes of Cnoc Strathy are the remains of a chambered cairn consisting of just over a score of very large stones. Most of these have lined a chamber, aligned NW/SE, 5.0 x 2.5m divided into two equal compartments. Eight of these stones remain erect, two of them dividing the chamber, the largest standing 1.4m high. Another large stone now recumbent at the NW end of the chamber, is 1.8m long, 1.3m maximum width and 0.4m maximum thickness.

The remainder of the cairn has been reduced to ground level, only a few small stones protruding here and there through the grass. The perimeter of the cairn is just traceable, a slight bank of grassed-over stones indicating the perimeter of the nearest segment, have been nearly circular with an average diameter of 16.0m.

The feature in no way resembles a defensive structure as suggested by MacLean (1886) nor is it in an easily defendable position.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (R D L) 7 May 1963.