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Tarrieclerack

Long Cairn (Neolithic)

Site Name Tarrieclerack

Classification Long Cairn (Neolithic)

Canmore ID 17430

Site Number NJ46SW 15

NGR NJ 4458 6474

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Rathven
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Banffshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ46SW 15 4458 6474.

(NJ 4458 6474) Tarrieclerack (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

"A long mound" composed of small roundish stones and earth, severely robbed, especially at the W end, and by a cross-trench 68' from the W end. The suggestion of horns (most marked at the NE corner) may be entirely due to robbing.

T D Wallace 1888; A S Henshall 1963.

This long cairn is as described by Henshall.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (RD) 6 August 1964.

"Not found"

OS Reviser April 1986.

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