Clearing the cairns – Carn Glas, Inverness

In March and August this year, members of the North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS) worked together with local volunteers to remove thick gorse that had grown up around three interlinking chambered cairns at Carn Glas on Essich Farm, near Inverness. New images were then taken of the site, showing its full layout for the first time in decades.   The Neolithic cairns are positioned on a saddle-shaped ridge on Essich Moor, overlooking the Moray Firth to the east. The line of monuments, stretching for some 116m, is one of the longest of its kind found in Scotland. The site is first known from a survey plan dating to 1834, which describes the cairns as a collection of stone