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Latitude: 57.6189 / 57°37'8"N
Longitude: -4.2605 / 4°15'37"W
OS Eastings: 265078
OS Northings: 861018
OS Grid: NH650610
Mapcode National: GBR H8VL.94W
Mapcode Global: WH3DK.JRFN
Entry Name: Woodhead,chambered cairn 350m E of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4566
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Resolis
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Black Isle
Traditional County: Cromartyshire
The monument consists of a chambered cairn measuring approximately 36m NE/SW by 22m NW/SE; despite robbing a considerable amount of cairn material survives in places. The chamber is rectangular and of Orkney Cromarty type; 3m in front of the portal stones is a large flat slab beneath which a vertical slab probably belonging to the passage can be seen.
The area proposed for scheduling includes ground in which will survive traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the cairn; it is bounded on the W and S by arable land and on the E by, but excluding, a fence and forestry plantation and measures 55m NE/SW by 35m NW/SE as delineated in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a good example of an Orkney/Cromarty chambered cairn with a well preserved burial chamber. It is of further importance for the pollen preserved in its underlying old ground surface which will allow an understanding of the vegetation and farming practices of the period immediately preceding its construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NH 66 SE 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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