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Cantraydoune
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Cantraydoune
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 14173
Site Number NH74NE 36
NGR NH 7820 4557
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14173
- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Nairn)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH74NE 36 7820 4557.
At NH 7802 4557 on an afforested terrace overlooking the Nairn Valley is a cairn measuring c 8.0m in diameter and 0.8m high. There are five earthfast stones around the perimeter, probably part of a kerb. The cairn is covered with whins and appears to be undisturbed.
Surveyed at 1/2500
About 15.0m NE of the cairn is a mound c 6.0m diameter and 0.4m high which may be a cain but it is too overgrown to classify with certainty. There is another in a similar state about 20.0m to the SW, measuring c 8.0m in diameter and 0.3m high with one or two earthfast stones in the S arc.
Visited by OS (A A) 2 February 1971.
The cairns are now inaccessible in dense forest.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978.
Field Visit (May 1978)
Cantraydoune NH 782 455 NH74NE 36
A cairn measuring 8m in diameter and 0.8m high was recorded by the OS in 1971. What may be the remains of two others were visible 15m to the NE and 20m to the SW respectively. The cairns are now inaccessible in dense forest.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
