OS1/35/21/29

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Parish of Inch -- [Page] 29

Form 136
Page 47 - Cairnarzean

[Note]
In Sir John Sinclairs acct. [account]
of this Parish. vol. [volume] 3. p [page] 137.
he says. "The Cairns of
"Cairnnarran exhibit an
"appearance truly Singular.
"In the extent of a Scots Mile, there are nine of them, of which six are very near one
"another, within less than an English Mile. Two circumstances render them being remarkable;
"the vast quantity of Stones piled together, and the distance whence these Stones must
"have been carried; as many of them are situated in Mossy Ground, where not a Single
"Stone can be found. Where any of them has been entirely demolished, urns have been
"found Containing ashes and burnt bones."
In the Statistical Account of the Parish of Inch 1841. is the following passage in page 86.
"At Cairnyaran, a moorland farm in this Parish, there are 9 of these Cairns within
"the extent of a Scots Mile,"
"These cairns occur in the high part of the parish. In the lower district, burrows or tumuli of
"earth occur, having the same sort of Cavity, and generally containing an urn with fragments
"of bone, burned wood, and ashes. Whether the age, or the locality, or whether the rank of the
"individual interred, made the difference between the Stone Cairn and the earthen tumulus,
"I cannot say. Both are no doubt the Monuments of the ancient Novantes."