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Newmore Wood

Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unknown)

Site Name Newmore Wood

Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unknown)

Canmore ID 13759

Site Number NH67SE 31

NGR NH 682 736

NGR Description Centred on NH 682 736

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

The alleged cairns were not positively located. Three stony mounds, probably stone clearance heaps, occur in the wood about 100m SW of the given location.

Visited by OS (J B) 23 February 1981.

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Note (1979)

Newmore Wood NH 682 736 NH67SE

In 1976 three cairns measuring about 4m in diameter were recorded in this area, which is now buried in a forestry plantation.

RCAHMS 1979

(DES 1976, 60)

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