Black Wood Of Leys East

A group of three kerbed cairns in forestry, Cairn 1 at NH68903796; Cairn 2 at NH68833799; Cairn 3 at NH68973808

Nearest town:
Inverness (8km NW)
OS reference:
NH68903796
OS sheet:
26
Latitude:
57° 24' 47.59 N
Longitude:
4° 10' 58.01 W
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Image of Black Wood Of Leys East (Kerbed Cairn) by drewbhoy

Cairn 3. That Aberdeen chap sneaking into the photo again :-)

Image credit: drew/LH
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 26, 2016
Image of Black Wood Of Leys East (Kerbed Cairn) by drewbhoy

Cairn 3, looking east, much the same as looking west, north and south!

Image credit: drew/LH
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 26, 2016

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Black Wood Of Leys East

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 7, 2016

The third of the eastern cairns is also the smallest in size but like the others it is set on a wee knoll to give, back then, good all round views as it sits at almost 7 meters wide and is 0.8 high. 3 kerbs still stand on the northern side with the cist surviving at over 1 meter in length.

With the east side done it was time to head back west on tracks which could be best described as variable.

Visited 22/10/2016.

Black Wood Of Leys East

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 4, 2016

This was the second of the eastern cairns we visited and once again another wonderful kerbed site. Kerbs surround the cairn several of which still stand and are in view. Others are covered in moss and turf. The probable capstones mentioned by Canmore are both still there covered in vegetation. What might be a cist, Canmore says no but they might well be wrong, still remains in the centre of the site.

At over 10 metres in width and about 1 metre high this is still an impressive site.

Visited 22/10/2016.

Black Wood Of Leys East

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 31, 2016

The first Black Wood East kerb cairn we visited has at least 6 kerbs still standing, mostly like a street fighters teeth on the western arc (lots of gaps). Most of the way round fallen kerbs can be found. The cist still survives in the middle well hidden by turf but still has the remains of the stone coffin. A capstone can also be found on the southern side of the cairn.

From the fallen standing stone we walked east along the forestry track until shortly after the crossroads. From there we headed south east and walked straight to the site. Despite the cross country route underfoot conditions were pretty good except for the odd fallen tree. Probably a distance of about 3/4s of a mile.

The cairn still sits at 14 meters wide and is at least 1 metre tall. Another wonderful site.

Visited 22/10/2016.

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