Field Visit
Date August 1986
Event ID 1101508
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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There are two cairns (see also NR86SW 8) in an area of felled trees in Achaglachgach Forest 1.25km SW of Torinturk Village and 600m SSE of Dun a' Choin Duibh (NR86SW 4). The cairns were encumbered by trees and lopped branches on the date of visit, and, although they could still be seen, the following account is based on earlier descriptions made when they were more clearly visible.
Some 11m to the SW [of NR86SW 8], an oval mound, locally known as Giant's Grave or Diarmid's Grave, measures 3.6m from N to S and 2.4m transversely (Campbell and Sandeman 1964). Several large boulders have been incorporated on the perimeter of the cairn, that at the N end measuring 1.35m in height and 2.35m in girth at the base, while at the S end there is a slumped stone some 0.6m high, 0.6m wide and 0.3m thick.
RCAHMS 1988, visited August 1986
