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Latitude: 57.5618 / 57°33'42"N
Longitude: -4.293 / 4°17'34"W
OS Eastings: 262923
OS Northings: 854728
OS Grid: NH629547
Mapcode National: GBR H8SQ.SC9
Mapcode Global: WH3DY.160D
Entry Name: Balnaguie, cairn 550m NW of Balnaguie Farm
Scheduled Date: 31 August 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5734
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Knockbain
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Black Isle
Traditional County: Ross-shire
The monument consists of a burial cairn measuring 14m in diameter and up to 1.2m high, with a kerb of which stones are visible on the south side. The area to be scheduled includes ground in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the cairn will survive, and measures 35m in diameter.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The cairn is of national importance as a good example of a burial cairn which, despite its tree cover, is well preserved: it is of further importance because pollen preserved in the underlying old ground surface will allow an understanding of the vegetation and farming practices of the period immediately prior to its construction. Its importance is bolstered by its proximity to Balnaguie chambered cairn 80m to its west; for together they can give us a greater understanding of prehistoric burial and farming practices than either would on its own.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NH 65 SW 10.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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