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Latitude: 57.5402 / 57°32'24"N
Longitude: -4.4239 / 4°25'26"W
OS Eastings: 255004
OS Northings: 852597
OS Grid: NH550525
Mapcode National: GBR H8GS.L9J
Mapcode Global: WH3DW.0QNZ
Entry Name: Drumrunie,chambered cairn 170m WNW of Drumrunie Cottage
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1988
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4565
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Urquhart and Logie Wester
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Black Isle
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The remains of a chambered round cairn spread over an area of 22m in diameter. In the centre a single slab is all that is visible of the original chamber. The area to be scheduled includes ground in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the cairn will survive. It is defined on the SE by, but excludes, a
fence, and measures 30m square as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it can give us a greater understanding of prehistoric burial practices and, through the pollen preserved in the underlying old ground surface, of the vegetation and farming practices of the period immediately prior to its construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NH 55 SE 7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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