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Latitude: 57.4298 / 57°25'47"N
Longitude: -4.4606 / 4°27'38"W
OS Eastings: 252362
OS Northings: 840392
OS Grid: NH523403
Mapcode National: GBR H9C2.MJ8
Mapcode Global: WH3FF.GJ32
Entry Name: Auchvaich,chambered cairn 650m W of
Scheduled Date: 15 October 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4744
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Kiltarlity and Convinth
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Aird and Loch Ness
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument comprises the remains of a Neolithic chambered cairn; the two compartment burial chamber now survives as four upright stones and nine fallen stones with an entrance from the east. The cairn material has been reduced to a rubble scatter suggesting an original diameter of about 16m. The area to be scheduled measures 40m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around in which traces of activities associated with its use will survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a type of chambered cairn which is uncommon in this area. It has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burial and ceremonial practices; additionally pollen and features sealed beneath the cairn material can give us further information of land use and environment immediately prior to the cairn construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 54 SW 12.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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