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Kinchyle
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Kinchyle
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Ackron
Canmore ID 15166
Site Number NH85SE 13
NGR NH 85440 53238
NGR Description Centred NH 85440 53238
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15166
- Council Highland
- Parish Croy And Dalcross (Nairn)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
NH85SE 13 centred 8544 5323.
Centred at NH 8544 5323 in cleared woodland on the crest of a low glacial ridge are three turf-covered cairns. They occur in a straight line running NW-SW and about five metres apart.
The most NW cairn measures about 6.5m NW-SE by about 6.0m transversely and is about 0.5m maximum height.
The central cairn is about 7.0m in diameter and about 0.5m maximum height. There are traces of a surrounding ditch about 1.0m wide in the N and E arcs.
The third cairn is only about 3.0m in diameter and about 0.3m maximum height. There are traces of a ditch about 0.5m wide around the N and E arcs.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 28 January 1971.
Scheduled as 'Ackron, three cairns 325m NE of, Kinchyle... an alignment of three cairns of probable Bronze-Age date... 25m above sea level, close to the River Nairn... [and] in regenerating woodland...'
[Specific dimensions cited].
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 15 October 2007.
Field Visit (March 1978)
Kinchyle NH 854 532 NH85SE 13
There are three cairns lying in a NW-SE line on the top of a gravel ridge. The two northern examples measure about 7m in diameter while the third is about half this size; they all stand to a height of 0.5m. The southern and central cairns are surrounded by ditches.
RCAHMS 1989, visited March 1978
