This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help.
We don't have any photos of this monument yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
If Google Street View is available, the image is from the best available vantage point looking, if possible, towards the location of the monument. Where it is not available, the satellite view is shown instead.
Latitude: 57.6164 / 57°36'58"N
Longitude: -4.4164 / 4°24'58"W
OS Eastings: 255758
OS Northings: 861059
OS Grid: NH557610
Mapcode National: GBR H8GL.HRL
Mapcode Global: WH3DH.4T7L
Entry Name: Uplands,enclosure 350m NE of
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4841
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosed cremation cemetery
Location: Kiltearn
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Dingwall and Seaforth
Traditional County: Ross-shire
On the summit of Cnoc na Laitch are the remains of a circular enclosure measuring 26.5m in diameter over a low turf covered stony bank. In the middle of the enclosure is a turf covered stony mound 3m in diameter and 0.4m high. The area to be scheduled measures 50m in diameter and includes the structures described above and an area around them in which activities associated with their use will survive, as detailed in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The site is of national importance as a prehistoric enclosed cremation cemetery which can enhance our understanding of prehistoric burial and ceremonial practice. It is of further importance because pollen and features sealed beneath the bank and mound can increase our understanding of the environment and land-use immediately prior to their construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS - NH 56 SE 15
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Other nearby scheduled monuments