Raigmore Cairn (Stoneyfield Cairn)
cairn in Highland, Scotland, UK
Raigmore Cairn, also known in earlier archaeological literature as Stoneyfield Cairn, Stoneyfield of Raigmore, and Achnaclach, is a multi-period prehistoric monument located in Inverness, Highland, Scotland. It is described as an atypical Clava cairn. This monument gives important evidence of ritual practices in neolithic and bronze age British history in Moray Firth region. Due to urban expansion, the monument was subject to rescue excavation in the early 1970s and subsequently dismantled and relocated from its original setting.
Location
The cairn site was originally located in Stoneyfield along the A9 road. Due to road construction it moved to nearby Raigmore.
Archeological history
Richard Pococke, the Bishop of Meath, recorded a visit to Stoneyfield in 1760, observing two stone circles, one of which was already destroyed. Later, in 1831, J. Anderson, an archaeologist, briefly mentioned this in his surveys.
During the 1970s, A9 road upgrade, to prevent total destruction of the site, prehistorian Derek Simpson led an essential rescue excavation spanning 1972–1973. The findings were published in detail in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1996).
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