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Publication drawing, plan and section of cist; chambered cairn, Nether Largie South. Photographic copy.
DC 13045 P
Description Publication drawing, plan and section of cist; chambered cairn, Nether Largie South. Photographic copy.
Date c. 1981
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number DC 13045 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copy of DC 13045
Scope and Content Chambered cairn at Nether Largie South, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute Now rather denuded, Nether Largie South remains an impressive example of Neolithic tomb-building, with Bronze Age alterations. The cairn covers a rectangular burial chamber, aligned north-east to south-west, sub-divided into four smaller compartments. The Neolithic cairn was probably trapezoidal in shape with straight sides. Extra cairn material was added in the Bronze Age to cover two burials, though only one, south of the chamber, is visible. Upon excavation it was found to be empty. 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.
Scale 1:50
External Reference Inv. No. 19
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