Cnoc Ravoch
Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cnoc Ravoch
Classification Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Uplands
Canmore ID 12901
Site Number NH56SE 15
NGR NH 55758 61057
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH56SE 15 5576 6105.
At NH 5576 6105 on the summit of Cnoc na Laitch in a felled plantation, are the scant remains of what may have been a cairn. All that survives is a vague circular bank measuring 26.5m overall with one earthfast boulder (upright and 0.7m high) embedded in the stony SE arc. The interior is uneven and four or five small boulders protrude through the turf.
It is possible that it is the remains of a tree ring.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 12 September 1973.
The enclosure is generally as described above. Roughly central within the enclosure is a turf-covered stony mound about 3.1m in diameter and 0.4m high. The presence of the mound illustrates the possibility that the feature is an enclosed cremation cemetery. Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (J B) 29 November 1976.
No change.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 3 March 1989.
Field Visit (October 1978)
Cnoc Ravoch 1 NH 557 610 NH56SE 15
What may be two cairns are situated 600m NW of Mountrich. One stands at the centre, and the other on the NE, of a tree-ring; they measure 3.1 m and 7. 7m in diameter respectively.
RCAHMS 1979, visited October 1978
