Lagnagreishach Wood

Nearest town:
Nairn (8km ENE)
OS reference:
NH80965558
OS sheet:
27
Latitude:
57° 34' 29.03 N
Longitude:
3° 59' 26.6 W
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Image of Lagnagreishach Wood (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

South esat part of the cairn is reasonably clear, whins have taken over the ditch.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 19, 2018
Image of Lagnagreishach Wood (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The best preserved part of the cairn/henge is in the north west.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 19, 2018
Image of Lagnagreishach Wood (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

At least the south west part of the cairn is jabby stuff free.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 19, 2018
Image of Lagnagreishach Wood (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Is a cairn or a henge, place bets on the henge. This the north west section of the surrounding ditch. The horse scared the living daylights out of me.

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drewbhoy Jul 19, 2018

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Lagnagreishach Wood

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 2, 2018

From the west of Nairn take the B9092 then the second minor road heading nprth west. As soon as the road has trees near both sides find a place to park, there is an old forestry track to the north side. Park there and walk a short distance west until a path, in bits overgrown, heads south. This swings back east ad heads straight to confusing and hard to spot site.

OS have it marked as an enclosure/cairn (and in the past described the site as a small fort) and Canmore has it down as a henge/cairn. Probably it has been used as all three. Here is the Canmore description :

A well preserved cairn, levelled into a slight SW facing slope in reafforested, Lagnagreishach Wood.

‘It comprises an oval platform measuring c 7.0m SW/NE by c 6.0m transversely, surrounded by a ditch c 2.5m wide and c 0.4m deep with an outer earthen bank c 2.5m wide and c 0.3m high. Across the ditch in the SW is a causeway c 2.0m wide, which is mutilated by a tree stump, with a corresponding break in the bank. The central platform is slightly raised, c 0.2m, above the surrounding ground level by a turf-covered crown of closely packed rubble stones which covers the whole platform.‘

All of which is present and correct. Beware bramble branches!

Visited 18/7/2018.

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