Carn Maol
Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Site Name Carn Maol
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 15001
Site Number NH84NE 14
NGR NH 86775 45348
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15001
- Council Highland
- Parish Cawdor
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH84NE 14 867 453.
(Area centred NH 867 453) Field clearance.
Visible on RAF air photographs 106G/Scot/UK/169: 2023-5 - flown 26 August 1946.
At NH 8678 4535 on the summit of the broad hill of Carn Maol, is an ill-defined, circular enclosure, 30.5m in diameter between the centres of a peat-covered bank about 2.0m wide and 0.2m maximum height. Its position on the precise summit of the hill with an extensive view suggests that it may be sepulchral, but it may be contemporary with the numerous stone clearance heaps which occur around and to the S of it. The clearance heaps are of the type normally associated with hut circles, but heavy peat obscures details of cultivation plots, and no huts are evident.
Surveyed at 1/10 000.
Visited by OS (A A) 20 January 1971.
Field Visit (April 1978)
Carn Maol NH 867 453 NH84NE 14
Numerous small cairns are visible on the S and E slopes of Carn MaoI; they vary greatly in size and some have been disturbed.
RCAHMS 1978, visited April 1978
