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Culcairn

Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Site Name Culcairn

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)(Possible)

Canmore ID 13766

Site Number NH67SE 4

NGR NH 672 718

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NH67SE 4 672 718.

Glascarne was a cairn either in Kilmuir or on the border of Rosskeen. The name is now obsolete.

W J Watson 1904

'....a cairn called 'Glascarne' near the road lying on the north side of the said cairn which leads westwards to the lands of Badcall...' (Culcairn' may refer).

Orig Paroch Scot 1855.

No information found during field investigation.

Visited by OS (W D J) 10 May 1963.

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