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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mulchaich Alternative Name: Alcaig ManseCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.395 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Highlands Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Conon Bridge Nearest Village: East Kinkell
Map Ref: NH57665679
Latitude: 57.578661N Longitude: 4.382071W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Mulchaich Cairn is a heavily robbed cairn constructed on top of a gently sloping natural knoll, with fine views all round, in the Black Isle c. 2 miles NE of Conon Bridge. It has the unusual feature of a double kerb. The circular inner kerb, on the crest of the mound, has a c. 60 feet diameter and the oval outer kerb, on the slopes of the mound, has a maximum diameter of 150 feet in the NW-SE axis.
Mulchaich Cairn has been severely robbed. The interior of the cairn has only one upright stone, an earthset slab c. 3 feet high by 3 feet wide. There are several 6-8 feet slabs nearby suggesting there was a cist or passage in the cairn. The inner kerb is intermittent with some large earthset stones measuring 5-6 feet still in situ. The band between the kerbs is largely grassy, measuring from 30-45 feet across with some small earthset stones exposed. The outer kerb has large gaps with short stretches of 1-2 feet stones left to define the perimeter.
Canmore ID 12763 states there is a large kerbstone in the SE arc of the inner kerb with up to 15 cup marks on it, however, I didn’t find them accidentally in my 2012 visit.
Mulchaich Cairn was rather overgrown with vegetation until there was a clean up of the site in 2011 and a survey was carried out. A plan of the site is available in Canmore ID 12763
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