Killin
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric), Cairnfield (Prehistoric)
Site Name Killin
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric), Cairnfield (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 6452
Site Number NC80NE 10
NGR NC 8598 0642
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6452
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC80NE 10 8598 0642.
('A' NC 8602 0638; 'B' NC 8594 0647) Cairns (NR)
OS 6"map, (1964)
A mound overgrown with peat, measuring 16ft in diameter and 2ft high, bounded by a kerb of large almost contiguous boulders. To the N and NE are a number of small mounds.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1909.
There are two cairns ('A' and 'B') in the area indicated by RCAHMS and 'A' is possibly that described by field investigator in 1961. Both are prominently situated on knolls, and measures 5.0m in diameter and 0.6m high, within a discontinuous kerb of stones on edge.
In the centre 'A' is a cist side slab, 1.2m long, orientated E-W. Several stone clearance heaps of similar appearance to the cairns but lacking the peristaliths, occur in the vicinity, see NC80NE 14.
Visited by OS (E G C) 17 July 1961.
Field Visit (24 August 1909)
39. Loch Brora. On the top of an eminence NE. of the island, at the lower end of Loch Brora, and about ¼ m. back from the E. bank of the loch, is a small mound, outlined with large and almost contiguous boulders. It is about 16' in diameter and not more than 2' in height. It does not seem to contain a great quantity of stone, and there is a very considerable growth of peat on it. To the N. and NE. are a number of small mounds. Eight or ten lie some 30 yards to the NE. and several on the slope of the hill to the N.
OS 6-inch map, Sutherland (unnoted)
RCAHMS 1911, visited (AOC) 24th August 1909.
