Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich
Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Pendreich 1; Sheriff Muir
Canmore ID 47127
Site Number NS89NW 23
NGR NS 81243 99236
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish Logie (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS89NW 23 8124 9922.
NS 812 992. A round cairn is situated on a low ridge, 800' OD, 1,050 yds ENE of Pendreich. It measures 40' in diameter by 2'8" in maximum height. It is mostly grass-covered, but a shallow depression in the centre, possibly caused by excavation, reveals a few boulders.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954
NS 8124 9922. A turf-covered cairn as described. The central boulders are not part of a cist.
Surveyed at 1:10,000 scale.
Visited by OS (JP) 12 February 1974
Field Visit (20 April 1954)
Cairn, Sheriffmuir Road.
On a low ridge, 800 yds. WSW. of spot-level 776 on the Sheriffmuir Road and at a height of 800 ft. O.D., there is a round cairn measuring 40 ft. in diameter and 2 ft. 8 in. in maximum height. For the most part it is covered with grass, but a shallow depression in the centre, which may have been caused by excavation, reveals a few boulders.
NS 89 NW (unnoted) 812 992
RCAHMS 1963, visited 20 April 1954
Field Visit (September 1978)
Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich 1 NS 812 992 NS89NW 23
This cairn measures 12m in diameter and 0.8m high; a slight depression at its centre may have been caused by an excavation.
RCAHMS 1979, September 1978
(RCAHMS 1963, p. 59, no. 3)
