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Muir of Conon,chambered cairn 630m ENE of East End

A Scheduled Monument in Dingwall and Seaforth, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 57.5392 / 57°32'21"N

Longitude: -4.4304 / 4°25'49"W

OS Eastings: 254611

OS Northings: 852498

OS Grid: NH546524

Mapcode National: GBR H8FS.WW7

Mapcode Global: WH3DV.XRGR

Entry Name: Muir of Conon,chambered cairn 630m ENE of East End

Scheduled Date: 6 March 1989

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM4652

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn

Location: Urquhart and Logie Wester

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Dingwall and Seaforth

Traditional County: Ross-shire

Description

The monument consists of the remains of a chambered cairn 20m in diameter with a burial chamber at its centre. The area to be scheduled includes ground in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the cairn will survive and measures 40m in diameter and is bounded on the NW by, but excludes, a dyke as depicted in red on the attached map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric upland settlement and economy.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Bibliography

The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NH 55 SW 9.

Aerial photographs used:

1. 106G/Scot/UK 120: 4383 (1946)

2. 106G/Scot/UK 120: 4384 (1946)

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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