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Latitude: 57.6169 / 57°37'0"N
Longitude: -4.1134 / 4°6'48"W
OS Eastings: 273854
OS Northings: 860510
OS Grid: NH738605
Mapcode National: GBR J86L.JHP
Mapcode Global: WH4FR.STF6
Entry Name: Callachy Hill,cairn 450m NE of Flowerburn House
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4561
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Rosemarkie
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Black Isle
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The monument is a round cairn measuring 14m in diameter and 1.8m high. Five excavation trenches have been cut into the cairn but the bulk of it is undisturbed. The area to be scheduled measures 35m in diameter and includes the structures described above and an area in which will survive traces of activities associated with the
construction and use of the cairn, all as depicted on the attached map in red.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance despite previous partial excavation because it can provide us with a greater understanding of Bronze Age burial practice and, through the pollen preserved in the underlying old ground surface, of the vegetation and farming practices of the period immediately preceding its construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NH 76 SW 5.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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