Raigmore Cairn

Stonifield NH 687 454 NH64NE 6

The excavation of this cairn in 1972-3 revealed that beneath it there had been a rectangular timber building, 9.5m long with a central stone hearth, probably associated with a series of pits containing Grooved Ware. The cairn itself consisted of a heavy stone kerb with traces of an external stone platform on the W; in the central area there was a series of pits and cists, some of them contemporary With the cairn, some later. Several of the pits contained cremations, and in one of the cists there was a Food Vessel. A Cordoned Urn with a cremation had also been deposited in the cairn.

RCAHMS 1979

(Henshall 1963-72, i, 384;Archaeological Excavations, 1972, 14; 1973, 109)

NH 68787 45085 Between May and October of 2019 a programme of survey and recording was undertaken of the relocated Raigmore kerb cairn (Canmore ID: 13414), as part of the Canal College 2 (CC2) scheme. Canal College is Keep Scotland Beautiful and Scottish Canal’s training and youth employability scheme supported by Archaeology Scotland. The project continued work undertaken at the site by Archaeology Scotland in 2013, which comprised a five day excavation with members of the local community (DES 2016, 105).

The upright stones forming the ring cairn were surveyed using plane table and total station, and each stone was recorded using photography and monument condition recording sheets, to produce an accurate and up-to-date plan of the site, and a record of the condition of the monument.

Archive: NRHE (intended)

Funder: Archaeology Scotland and Keep Scotland Beautiful

Rebecca Barclay, Ian Hill and Kieran Manchip - Archaeology Scotland, Heritage and Archaeological Research Practice

(Source: DES Vol 20)