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Milton
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Milton
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Creag Mheadhonach
Canmore ID 15409
Site Number NH91SW 3
NGR NH 9411 1434
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15409
- Council Highland
- Parish Abernethy And Kincardine
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
NH91SW 3 9411 1434.
(NH 9413 1437) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
A stone cairn which is entire and has not been opened.
Name Book 1871.
The heather-cover remains of a cairn, robbed almost to ground level, situated on the edge of a wide natural terrace. It measures c. 11.5m in diameter and is composed of small rubble stones.
Visited by OS (N K B) 14 November 1966.
This thoroughly robbed cairn, at NH 9411 1434, survives as a rim of debris c. 2.0m wide, indicating a diameter of 12.5m. The centre has been removed to its base but there is no trace of a cist. OS 6" map, 1st ed. and 1:10,000 (1973) position incorrect.
Resurveyed at 1:10,000 scale.
Visited by OS (A A) 18 February 1974.
This cairn, which measures over 12.5m in diameter, was noted during a pre-afforestation survey at Craig Pityoulish and Craiggowrie.
Visited by T Holden and M Dalland (Headland Archaeology) 25 June 1999.
NMRS, MS/899/170, no.15a.
