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Clunas
Cairnfield (Prehistoric)
Site Name Clunas
Classification Cairnfield (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 15005
Site Number NH84NE 18
NGR NH 8737 4601
NGR Description Centred on NH 8737 4601
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15005
- Council Highland
- Parish Cawdor
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH84NE 18 874 460.
(NH 8730 4602) Possible fort, accompanied by what appear to be hut-circles or enclosures, mainly stretching along the ridge to the east.
Visible on RAF air photographs CPE/Scot/UK/184: 5393-4, flown 9 October 1946 and F21/58/RAF/1116: 0125-6, flown 8 May 1953.
There is no fort or hut-circles in the area indicated on air photographs but on the ridge centred at NH 874 460 are several stone clearance heaps of a type usually associated with hut-circles.
Visited by OS (N K B) 19 January 1971.
Field Visit (April 1978)
Clunas NH 874 460 NH84NE 18
A group of small cairns is situated about 700m SW of Clunas.
RCAHMS 1978, visited April 1978
