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Interior of chamber from NNE
A 22995
Description Interior of chamber from NNE
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number A 22995
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 375285, SC 1906287
Scope and Content Chambered cairn at Nether Largie South, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute Now rather denuded, Nether Largie South still remains an impressive example of Neolithic cairn-building, with Bronze Age alterations. The cairn covers a rectangular burial chamber, aligned NE-SW, sub-divided into four smaller compartments. Inside the cairn, the construction of the chamber can be clearly seen. Massive orthostats (upright slabs) and drystone walling support the roof of slabs, typical features of Clyde cairns. In the foreground are slabs dividing the chamber into compartments. Cairn-architecture like this belongs to a type known as 'Clyde Cairns'. In his excavations of 1864, the Rev. W Greenwell found burnt and unburnt human bone, flint tools, as well as sherds of pottery in the cairn. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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