Dalreoch Wood

Nearest town:
Invergordon (8km E)
OS reference:
NH63137176
OS sheet:
21
Latitude:
57° 42' 53.38 N
Longitude:
4° 17' 52.07 W
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Image of Dalreoch Wood (Cairn(s)) by strathspey

The central cairn on the left, with a deeper depression on the right.

Image credit: Graham Grant
strathspey
strathspey Nov 30, 2009
Image of Dalreoch Wood (Cairn(s)) by strathspey

Looking South East over the elevated top from the outer edge of the cairn.

Image credit: Graham Grant
strathspey
strathspey Nov 30, 2009

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Dalreoch Wood

strathspey
strathspey Nov 30, 2009

This relatively small cairn has been heavily robbed out and unfortunately has suffered damage by forestry thinning operations fairly recently (makes a bit of a nonsense of its Scheduled Status).
Access is pretty easy, the cairn lying on the crest of a small hill within a pine plantation about 100m from a forestry track.(Although the “Danger Archery” sign and the forbidding feel of the thick conifer plantation give it a bit of a “Deliverance” feel!
The cairn consists of an almost complete circle of outer kerb stones which are just visible beneath a mossy covering. One section of this has been damaged by a forestry vehicle.
The central cairn is a large mound approx 1m tall with no individual stones visible beneath the moss.
There is a large depression on the SE side between the central cairn and the outer kerb stones.
The mature conifers growing through the entire cairn look a wee bit out of place!!
Visited 23rd Nov09

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