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Latitude: 57.5215 / 57°31'17"N
Longitude: -4.0649 / 4°3'53"W
OS Eastings: 276428
OS Northings: 849803
OS Grid: NH764498
Mapcode National: GBR J8BV.8RB
Mapcode Global: WH4GC.J6KS
Entry Name: Kerrowaird, barrows 270m NE of
Scheduled Date: 22 August 1991
Last Amended: 6 May 2016
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6017
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow
Location: Petty
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Culloden and Ardersier
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument is a group of later prehistoric or early historic barrows dating to between 500 BC and AD 800. The remains lie buried beneath the ploughsoil and are visible as cropmarks captured on oblique aerial photographs. The monument lies on a slight ridge south of the Moray Firth at around 25m OD.
One square and one circular barrow are clearly visible as cropmarks. The square barrow is approximately 14m in diameter surrounded by ditches approximately 1m wide while the circular barrow is smaller, only 8m in diameter. Dark internal features indicate at least one pit towards the centre of the barrows. The square barrow appears to have breaks at the corners of the ditches. Other less distinct cropmarks in the vicinity may represent the remains of further barrows or graves.
The scheduled area is square on plan, measuring 60m northeast-southwest by 60m transversely, as shown in red on the accompanying map. It includes the remains described above and an area around them within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive. The monument was first scheduled in 1991, but the documentation does not meet current standards: the present amendment rectifies this.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is important because of its potential to add to our understanding of burial beneath round and square barrows. Its importance is enhanced by its position within a regional cluster of barrow cemeteries. The cropmarks suggest two distinct barrow forms are present, giving potential to understand how funerary practices might change according to social status or over time. Given the rarity of square barrow cemeteries, our understanding of late prehistoric and early historic funerary practice would be diminished if this monument were lost or damaged.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
Historic Environment Scotland http://www.canmore.org.uk reference number CANMORE ID 14174 (accessed on 05/05/2016).
Local Authority HER/SMR Reference: MHG2925
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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