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Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich
Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Pendreich 2; Sheriff Muir
Canmore ID 47119
Site Number NS89NW 16
NGR NS 81249 99381
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/47119
- Council Stirling
- Parish Logie (Stirling)
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS89NW 16 8123 9938.
NS 812 994. Mound, Sheriffmuir Road: A possible cairn is situated on a low ridge, 200 yds N of cairn NS89NW 23. It is a grass-covered stony mound, 20' in diameter and standing 9" above ground level.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954
NS 8123 9938. A turf-covered stony mound as described. Its similar situation and proximity to two other cairns (NS89NW 3 and NS89NW 23 ) tend to support the view that this also is a burial cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10,000 scale.
Visited by OS (JP) 12 February 1974
Field Visit (20 April 1954)
Mound, Sheriffmuir Road 1.
Another possible Bronze Age cairn is situated on a low ridge, 200 yds. N. of NS89NW 23, and at a height of a little over 800 ft. O.D. It is a grass-covered, stony mound which measures 20 ft. in diameter and stands to a height of 9 in. above ground level.
NS 89 NW (unnoted) 812994
RCAHMS 1963, visited 20 April 1954
RCAHMS 1963, visited 20 April 1954
Field Visit (September 1978)
Sheriffmuir Road, Pendreich 2 NS 812 993 NS89NW 16
This cairn measures 6m in diameter and 0.2m high.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(RCAHMS 1963, p. 59, no. 4)
