Torness

Nearest town:
Inverness (19km NNE)
OS reference:
NH5774827369
OS sheets:
26, 35
Latitude:
57° 18' 52.98 N
Longitude:
4° 21' 43.77 W
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Image of Torness (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Bits of wall and dry stane dyke have been dumped near the cairn.

Image credit: drew/amj
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 22, 2017
Image of Torness (Cairn(s)) by thelonious

17/04/2016 – Torness cairn. I didn’t go into the field as I didn’t want to bother the sheep but the cairn looks nice from afar.

thelonious
thelonious Apr 19, 2016

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Torness

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 26, 2017

After finishing with Wade’s road it was back to more modern, improved B862 and the short drive up to the small hamlet of Torness.

Walk a short distance north up the B862 until the first gate on the northern side. The magnificent cairn can be clearly seen from the road. Climb a couple fences, crossing a marshy bit and up a wee hill. No sheep today, obviously Thelonius had scared them away :-)

Its lucky that the cairn does survive as a small farmhouse, dry stane dykes and enclosures had all been made with its stony contents. Still there is plenty left showing that the cairn, placed superbly to view miles around, was built to last. It remains, mostly turf covered, at 15m wide and incredibly is over 2.5m high. A lot of the stones are pebbles and as Canmore states they could have come from the River Farigaig.

Another wonderful site!

Visited 7/7/2017.

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