Underside of capstone
SC 1906285
Description Underside of capstone
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 1906285
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of A 22993
Scope and Content Capstone from Nether Largie North, Kilmartin, Argyll and Bute Nether Largie North forms part of a striking 'linear cairn cemetery' of four cairns (Nether Largie South, Mid and North and Kilmartin Glebe). Its impressive form is due to reconstruction after J H Craw's 1930 excavations which wholly dismantled the site. Craw found a massive cist, aligned north-south, immediately north of the cist. Little survived within the cist, but of greater interest were two slabs which bore carvings. Around 40 cupmarks and 10 axeheads adorn the underside of the capstone (seen here). Carved flat axes are also known at the nearby cairn at Ri Cruin and mirror axes in the Migdale hoard in Sutherland (dated to c.2000 BC). Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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