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Latitude: 57.6395 / 57°38'22"N
Longitude: -4.156 / 4°9'21"W
OS Eastings: 271389
OS Northings: 863111
OS Grid: NH713631
Mapcode National: GBR J83J.P02
Mapcode Global: WH4FR.476T
Entry Name: Upperwood,cairn 165m SSE of
Scheduled Date: 11 August 1989
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4711
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Resolis
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Black Isle
Traditional County: Cromartyshire
The monument consists of the remains of a round cairn measuring 23m in diameter and up to 1.4m high. Its edge has been damaged and its centre disturbed, but undisturbed material survives to about 1m depth over most of its area. The area to be scheduled measures 40m across EW by 30m NS and and is bounded on its S side by, but excludes, a fence as depicted in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because despite bulldozing of its perimeter the considerable amount of original material surviving can lead us to greater understanding of prehistoric burial procedures and because pollen in the underlying old ground surface will preserve information about the vegetation and landuse of the area at the time the cairn was built.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 76 SW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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