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Culnaskiach

Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Culnaskiach

Classification Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 12325

Site Number NH43NE 1

NGR NH 48 36

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Inverness
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

NH43NE 1 48 36.

A group of nearly 100 cairns at Cul-na-Skiach, partly on bare moor, partly in young wood, at about 900' O.D.

T D Wallace 1886

These cairns are situated at NH 495 356 in an area which appears to have been previously cultivated. The majority have an irregular shape and are probably field clearance heaps.

Visited by OS (N K B) 14 December 1964

No trace of "cairns" in the area centered NH 495 356, and it is uncertain what OS surveyor has seen.

Cul-na-Skiach is a depopulated farmstead at NH 488 363, now in the midst of recent afforestation, and no cairns were seen in the vicinity. Wallace is probably referring to the clearance heaps at NH 502 372 (see NH53NW 3), which are readily seen on the way to Cul-na- Skiach, and he does not seen to mention them elsewhere.

Visited by OS (A A) 4 May 1970

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