What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Leachkin as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Such tombs are significant as they represent early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
BlackparkBank (earthwork) (period Unassigned), Ditch (period Unassigned), Mound (period Unassigned) · 635 yd
Inverness, Leachkin Road, Craig Dunain Hospital, ChurchChurch (mid 20th Century) (1963) · 923 yd
Craig DunainMountain / peak · 1022 yd
KilveanSettlement (prehistoric) · 1530 yd
Craigphadrig ForestForest · 1.0 mi
Dunain ParkHotel (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Inverness, Glenurquhart Road, Tomnahurich Cemetery, ShelterShelter (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Battle of Clachnaharrybattle · 1.8 mi
Regent: Clachnaharry Sea Lock, Beauly FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 1.8 mi
Merkinch Local Nature ReserveVisitor information · 1.9 mi
Beauly FirthBay · 2.1 mi
Culduthel WoodsForest · 2.4 miOther information
Photo: Douglas Nelson · CC BY-SA 2.0