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Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich

Cairn (Bronze Age)

Site Name Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich

Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)

Alternative Name(s) Pendreich 2; Sheriff Muir

Canmore ID 47119

Site Number NS89NW 16

NGR NS 81249 99381

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Stirling
  • Parish Logie (Stirling)
  • Former Region Central
  • Former District Stirling
  • Former County Stirlingshire

Archaeology Notes

NS89NW 16 8123 9938.

NS 812 994. Mound, Sheriffmuir Road: A possible cairn is situated on a low ridge, 200 yds N of cairn NS89NW 23. It is a grass-covered stony mound, 20' in diameter and standing 9" above ground level.

RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954

NS 8123 9938. A turf-covered stony mound as described. Its similar situation and proximity to two other cairns (NS89NW 3 and NS89NW 23 ) tend to support the view that this also is a burial cairn.

Surveyed at 1:10,000 scale.

Visited by OS (JP) 12 February 1974

Activities

Field Visit (20 April 1954)

Mound, Sheriffmuir Road 1.

Another possible Bronze Age cairn is situated on a low ridge, 200 yds. N. of NS89NW 23, and at a height of a little over 800 ft. O.D. It is a grass-covered, stony mound which measures 20 ft. in diameter and stands to a height of 9 in. above ground level.

NS 89 NW (unnoted) 812994

RCAHMS 1963, visited 20 April 1954

RCAHMS 1963, visited 20 April 1954

Field Visit (September 1978)

Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich 2 NS 812 993 NS89NW 16

This cairn measures 6m in diameter and 0.2m high.

RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978

(RCAHMS 1963, p. 59, no. 4)

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