Dalcharn

NC82NE 13 8702 2690

(NC 8702 2690) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1962)

The remains of a cairn, now a mixture of turf and loose stones, situated on top of a ridge and at the side of the railway fence. It is considerably mutilated, probably due to the construction of the railway, but it probably measured about 8m in diameter and its maximum height is now 1m. There are excavations in the top. It is locally known as a 'Pictish Tower' but there is no evidence to support this, and the neighbouring name, Dalcharn, would appear to confirm its classification.

Visited by OS (E G C), 24 May 1961.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (R L), 21 February 1968.

Situated on a low knoll on the rim of the river flood plain is an amorphous semi-circular arc of turf-covered stones, onto which has been added stones cleared from the adjacent fields. The arc is approximately 12.0m-13.0m across and 0.9m maximum height, abutting onto the edge of the railway cutting through the knoll. No kerb or cist can be seen. A late turf-covered field wall extends from its E side. Present classification of this mound is difficult to establish as it could be stone clearance associated with a minor deserted township and narrow rig nearby but the local tradition is still strong in its being an antiquity.

Revised at 1/10,000.

Visited by OS (J B), 14 January 1977.

A steatite lamp 'found in a Pictish Cairn at Dalcharre (? Dalcharn) in Kildonan Strath' is in Dunrobin Museum (Accession no 1853.1)

(Undated) information from A S Henshall (catalogue of Dunrobin museum) to OS