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Blar A' Chath

Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Blar A' Chath

Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 15626

Site Number NH98NW 4

NGR NH 927 870

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NH98NW 4 927 870.

(Group: NH 927 870) Tumuli (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)

A number of small irregular mounds, supposed to be the burial places of the victims of a battle that took place on Blar a' Chath. Some of the tumuli were destroyed in land reclamation.

Name Book 1872

No trace. 1st edition 25" shows more cairns than indicated here. Tumuli average 0.6m high by 2.0m in diameter (Information from OS revisor) Visited by OS (A A) 12 September 1972.

No change to previous field report.

Visited by OS (J B) 21 September 1977.

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