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Latitude: 57.5622 / 57°33'43"N
Longitude: -4.4373 / 4°26'14"W
OS Eastings: 254293
OS Northings: 855071
OS Grid: NH542550
Mapcode National: GBR H8FQ.S78
Mapcode Global: WH3DV.T663
Entry Name: Conon Bridge,henge 230m NE of Riverford
Scheduled Date: 10 April 1957
Last Amended: 19 January 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1666
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge
Location: Urquhart and Logie Wester
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Dingwall and Seaforth
Traditional County: Ross-shire
This monument is a very well preserved henge, or ritual enclosure, of prehistoric date. The henge is about 26-26m in diameter, and consists of a flat oval area surrounded by a ditch 2.7m wide, with an outer bank 3.6m wide. There is an entrance causeway through the ditch to the SE, but there is no corresponding break through the bank.
The W boundary of the area to be scheduled measures 36m, the N boundary 38m, the E boundary 42m and the S boundary 38m, to include the henge and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the henge may survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric ritual and religious practices. The monument is extremely well preserved and important archaeological deposits will almost certainly survive within sealed archaeological features.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NH 55 NW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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