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Tigh-na-gaoith

Cairn (Prehistoric)

Site Name Tigh-na-gaoith

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 140090

Site Number NH70SW 42

NGR NH 7405 0026

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kingussie And Insh
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
  • Former County Inverness-shire

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Field Visit (23 November 1995)

NH70SW 42 7405 0026

What appears to be an unusually positioned burial cairn is situated on a terrace at the rear of the township of Tigh-na-gaoith (NH70SW 41) and is immediately overlooked by higher ground to the N, E and W. Circular on plan, it measures 12.8m in diameter by 0.8m in height, and its centre has been dug into.

(KING95 795)

Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) 23 November 1995

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