Inverlael
Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Inverlael
Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 12117
Site Number NH18NE 6
NGR NH 1825 8506
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/12117
- Council Highland
- Parish Lochbroom
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH18NE 6 1825 8506.
"Two or three" cairns were opened about 1893 near another that was opened in 1913 (NH18NE 5), which is about 150 yds S of Inverbroom Post Office, and within a few yard of the main road from Ullapool to Garve.
J E Cree 1914
About 35m NW of NH18NE 5, opposite the entrance drive to Inverlael Lodge, at NH 1825 8506, there are the remains of a cairn, the NE periphery of which has been cut by the main road; it is probably one of the cairns mentioned by Cree. No trace could be found of other cairns in the vicinity and it seems likely that they were destroyed when the road was built. The cairn measured originally about 16.0m in diameter and survives to a height of 1.4m. There are no signs of excavation, and no finds have been reported.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R B) 10 October 1964
('A': NH 1827 8503; 'B': NH 1825 8506) Cairns (NR) (Cairn 'A' is described on NH18NE 5.)
OS 6"map, (1969)
This cairn was removed with a mechanical excavator under MacKie's direction in October 1967. It proved to be only a heap of stones, probably a field clearance cairn. A new road will run through the site. E W Mackie 1967
Destroyed by new road.
Visited by OS (A A) 10 October 1974
