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Chalmers Slack
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Chalmers Slack
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Foulford Bridge
Canmore ID 17406
Site Number NJ46NE 6
NGR NJ 4907 6537
NGR Description NJ 4907 6537 and NJ 4908 6537
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17406
- Council Moray
- Parish Rathven
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ46NE 6 4907 6537 and 4908 6537
See also NJ46NE 7 and NJ46NE 18.
(NJ 4906 6537: NJ 4907 6537) Cairns (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
About 450 yards west of Foulford Bridge are two tumuli. In the more easterly of the two, a short cist was found, the flats that composd it still being there. It contained an urn and bones. The westerly hillock has never been explored.
W Cramond 1895.
Two heather covered mounds 9.0m in diameter by 2.0m in height. No evidence of any excavation or trace of the slabs mentioned by Cramond (28 March 1895) could be found, and the whereabouts of the urn and bones is not known.
Visited by OS (RD) 5 August 1964.
No change.
Visited by OS (RL) 20 July 1964.
Field Visit (1895)
About 450 yards west of Foulford Bridge are two tumuli. In the more easterly of the two, a short cist was found, the flats that composd it still being there. It contained an urn and bones. The westerly hillock has never been explored.
W Cramond 1895.
Field Visit (5 August 1964)
Two heather covered mounds 9.0m in diameter by 2.0m in height. No evidence of any excavation or trace of the slabs mentioned by Cramond (28 March 1895) could be found, and the whereabouts of the urn and bones is not known.
Visited by OS (RD) 5 August 1964.
Field Visit (20 July 1964)
No change.
Visited by OS (RL) 20 July 1964.
