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Forsay
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Forsay
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Forsay Cairn
Canmore ID 347941
Site Number NM67NE 11
NGR NM 68989 78016
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/347941
- Council Highland
- Parish Arisaig And Moidart
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (3 November 2013)
NM 68989 78016 A survey was carried out on 3 November 2013 of a cairn 20m above the A861 road at Forsay, within the perimeter of a caravan site. It is 1.5m high x 1m in diameter, built of large stones and hollow inside. Its purpose is unknown, although at least two possibilities arise. Firstly, Forsay is known as the place from where Charles Edward Stuart began his progress through Moidart to raise the standard in 1745. Secondly, coffin routes run along the lines of the old tracks and when the A861 displaced coffin resting cairns at another point along its route in 1967, a conglomerate cairn was built in place of them.
Report: Highland HER, Lochaber Archive and RCAHMS
Ken Bowker and Jean Bowker, 2013
(Source: DES)
