Cantraybruich
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Cantraybruich
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)(Possible), Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Croit-an-t-sagairt
Canmore ID 14158
Site Number NH74NE 22
NGR NH 7800 4617
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14158
- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Inverness)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH74NE 22 7800 4617.
No. 18. This Stone Circle (?Clava-type cairn) (Henshall 1963) which was removed completely many years ago was in the middle of the field adjoining No. 17 (NH74NE 16) in a spot called Croit-an-t-Sagairt - the Priest's Croft.
J Fraser 1884; A S Henshall 1963.
There is no surface indications of this stone circle or clava-type cairn in the field and the stone circle or clava-type cairn in the field and the farmer at Cantraybruich cannot recall one being here.
Visited by OS (N K B) 12 August 1964.
Site recorded during a survey at Dalcross Estate under the Historic Scotland Ancient Monument Survey Grant Scheme.
NH 7800 4617 Croit-an-t-Sagairt Stone circle (site of)
Sponsors: Historic Scotland, Mr Robin Buchanan.
T Rees 1998
Note (1979)
Cantraybruich 2 NH c.778 459 NH74NE 22
A 'circle', possibly a Clava cairn, was destroyed before 1884; it stood 'in the middle of the adjoining field' to the cairn no. 9.
RCAHMS 1979
(Fraser 1884, 350; Henshall 1963-72, i, 367)
