Nonikiln

Also known as:
Mill Craig
Nearest town:
Invergordon (6km E)
OS reference:
NH658710
OS sheet:
21
Latitude:
57° 42' 31.72 N
Longitude:
4° 15' 9.32 W
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Images

Image of Nonikiln (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

This stone remains standing in the north east part of the site, the cairn probably covered the whole area of the wooded area.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 11, 2023
Image of Nonikiln (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

Not quite by itself, some material remains at the east side.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 10, 2023
Image of Nonikiln (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

Presumably the side to a chamber, the stone remains standing at an almost impossible angle.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 10, 2023
Image of Nonikiln (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

The site, known to the Evanton folks as Mill Craig, is amongst the trees, this from the field entrance to the south west.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jan 10, 2023

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Nonikiln

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 18, 2023

Millcraig or Nonikiln must have been a hugely impressive site originally but sadly it has been nearly robbed out of existence. The footprint or wooded area is 34m wide but it could have been up to 53m wide. There are a lot of dry stane dykes in the area, local dykers have recycled almost all of the cairn.

Several stones are near a massive slab in the North East part of the site, a stone still appears to stand in the far north east of the site but that is it as far as remains go.

A bit of a what if, but worth seeing if only to see the slab.

Take Ardross Road heading north out of Alness and take the first minor road heading east. The site is in the north east corner of a field slightly to the north and easily identified by the patch of trees.

Visited 03/01/2023.

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