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Carn Nam Fiann
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Carn Nam Fiann
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Glaick
Canmore ID 13773
Site Number NH67SW 10
NGR NH 6351 7441
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13773
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH67SW 10 6351 7441.
(NH 6351 7441) Carn nam Fiann (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
There is a large unopened, cairn on the face of Knockfionn above Easter Ardross.
R Maclean 1886.
Carn nam Fiann has been virtually destroyed. All that survives are the slightest traces of a rim indicating a diameter of c.18.0m, and two earthfast stones which are probably the remains of a chamber and passage. One is an upright slab (1.0m high, 0.8m broad and 0.4m thick) facing E-W just E of centre. The other, 6.0m to the E, is a rough boulder (1.1m long, 0.6m high, and 0.5m wide) facing N-S, possibly a passage stone. Beside it lies a loose triangular-shaped stone with with sides 0.8m long. Another boulder 0.6m square on the S perimeter is doubtfully in situ.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 12 May 1975.
Note (1979)
Glaick NH 635 744 NH 67 SW 10
In 1975 the OS recorded what is probably a chambered cairn situated in dense forest 650m ESE of Glaick Cottage. It measures 18m in diameter and the remains of a chamber are visible within it. This may be the site mentioned by Maclean.
RCAHMS 1979
(Maclean 1886, 333-4).
