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Ardmore

Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Ardmore

Classification Burial Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 14651

Site Number NH78NW 18

NGR NH 70028 87212

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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

Archaeology Notes

NH78NW 18 7003 8721.

At NH 7003 8721 in a pasture field on the edge of a raised beach is a stony mound measuring about 12.0m in diameter and about 0.6m high. It is covered with broom and the edges have been partly squared by ploughing. The centre is disturbed but there is no trace of structure. It is probably a cairn.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (A A) 3 November 1970 and (I S S) 3 October 1973.

Activities

Field Visit (November 1977)

Ardmore NH 700 872 NH78NW 18

This stony mound may be the wasted remains of a burial-cairn.

RCAHMS 1979, visited November 1977.

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