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Ardvannie

Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unknown)

Site Name Ardvannie

Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unknown)

Canmore ID 13837

Site Number NH68NE 36

NGR NH 6942 8759

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

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Field Visit (November 1978)

Cairnfield, Ardvannie 4 NH 694 876 NH 68 NE.

There are at least three cairns situated in improved pasture 700m WNW of Ardvannie. They measure up to 7.4m in diameter and 1m in height. To the NE there are several clearance heaps of recent date set among rig-and-furrow cultivation.

RCAHMS 1979, visited November 1978.

Field Visit (16 February 1981)

NH68NE 36 694 876

The alleged cairns, which tend to be irregular in shape, are not significantly different from other turf-covered clearance heaps in the area, and they are assumed also to be field clearance of an unspecified date.

Visited by OS (J B) 16 February 1981.

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