Cromarty, 'graves'
Cairnfield (Prehistoric)(Possible), Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cromarty, 'graves'
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric)(Possible), Mound(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 14429
Site Number NH76NE 12
NGR NH 777 656
NGR Description NH c. 777 656
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14429
- Council Highland
- Parish Cromarty
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH76NE 12 c. 777 656.
(Area: NH 777 656) 'The track of numerous graves' are distinctly visible extending in a westerly direction from the ring enclosure (NH76NE 5). All lie N - S and are from 18' to 20' long and about 12' wide. They are traditionally said to be the graves of the slain of a battle between the Danes and the Scots.
Name Book 1871.
The area to the W of the enclosure has long since been under the plough, but vague outlines of numerous mounds can still be traced. Whether they were originally oval or circular cannot be ascertained because of the spread of soil. The only area of undisturbed ground is centred at NH 7770 6565, approx. 300.0m W of the enclosure (NH76NE 5), which has a large stony content and also contains several small, irregular, mounds. These may be the remains of the graves or cairns mentioned above, but no local information was found to substantiate this.
Visited by OS (R B) 21 January 1966.
No trace of these mounds, which were possibly clearance heaps.
Visited by OS (R B) 21 January 1966.
Field Visit (24 August 1943)
This site was included within the RCAHMS Emergency Survey (1942-3), an unpublished rescue project. Site descriptions, organised by county, vary from short notes to lengthy and full descriptions and are available to view online with contemporary sketches and photographs. The original typescripts, manuscripts, notebooks and photographs can also be consulted in the RCAHMS Search Room.
Information from RCAHMS (GFG) 10 December 2014.
Field Visit (May 1979)
Navity NH 779 653 and NH76NE 12 and NH76SE 2
Nothing now remains in an area of arable fields and improved pasture of a group of small cairns noted by the RCAMS in 1943; a 'couple of score' cairns then stood uphill from the enclosures NH76NE 4, NH76NE 5 and NH76NE 3.
RCAHMS 1979, visited May 1979
MS notes in NMRS, RCAMS Emergency Surveys; Woodham 1956, 80, no. 39
