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Interior of chamber from NNE

SC 375285

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 SC 375285

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of A 22995

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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