Tarradale

Chambered Cairn
NH5499749719

Also known as:

Balvattie, Clachan More Na Taradin and Hilton

Nearest town:

Dingwall (9km NNW)

OS reference:

NH5499749719

OS sheet:

Latitude:

57° 30' 52.36 N

Longitude:

4° 25' 15.63 W

Added to TMA by

drewbhoy

Images (15)
Fieldnotes (1)

Images

Image of Tarradale (Chambered Cairn) by thelonious

13/04/2019 – Looking into the main chamber.

thelonious Apr 19, 2019

Image of Tarradale (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

From the south east.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

The north chamber looking south east.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

Inside the south chamber looking south.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

The west most stone appears to be standing guard.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

The mound at Tarradale, what a place!!!

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

The northern stones of the northern chamber.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

The northern chamber looking north.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

The more northern chamber.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

The south chamber looking south.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

Probably 2 chambers possibly more, 1 left, 1 right.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

Looking inside the chamber, looking north west.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

Looking west towards the Muir of Ord.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

An almost unbelievable site, totally unexpected, well almost.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

The stunning site at Tarradale.

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drewbhoy Apr 19, 2019

Articles

Tarradale

Chambered Cairn

thelonious Apr 19, 2019

13/04/2019 – Day trip to Beauly. On the way Drew, our excellent tour guide for the day, mentioned we would be visiting a chambered cairn at Tarradale. I’d never heard of this one, it’s not on the OS map and Canmore’s description is pretty much nothing. I guessed it was just going to be a couple of stones and use your imagination job. How wrong was I going to be!

After a nice stop just to the south to view Redcastle crannog in the Beauly Firth (Drew had thoughtfully arranged a low tide for us so the crannog was showing well) we made our way here. Good parking at the start of the track to Hughston. It’s a pleasant walk, first along the track then bearing west through a lovely open wood to the chambered cairn. It’s situated on a small hillock just inside the wood. No access problems.

I was really taken with this one. There is so much going on here. Lots of good size stones. What looked like multiple chambers. The main one is great, formed by some really nice stones. The view from it is a little tricky because of the trees but it does look a very good location.

It was a perfect day to visit. The sunshine filtering through the trees lit up the whole scene. It really gave a magical feel to the place. A must visit site if you are in the area.

The sort of place that reminds me why we love searching out the old stuff in our free time. Just a brilliant visit, thanks to Drew for finding it.