Field Visit
Date May 1982
Event ID 1101513
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Situated on the summit of a rocky ridge about 350m NNE of the township of Old Achnaba there is a round cairn measuring about 8m in diameter and 1m in height, with what has been a massive central cist. Aligned NE and SW, only the S half of the cist remains in position (the Sw end-slab), but they indicate that it measured about 1.4m by 0.8m internally and 0.85m in depth. A displaced slab, shown on plan, may have been the NE end-slab; it is 0.95m by 0.85m and 0.2m thick [It has been suggested that the cairn is elongated, measuring 29.8m by 12.8m (Campbell 1961; Campbell and Sandeman 1964). This impression is given by the natural configuration of the ridge, a view shared by Henshall (1972). The other cairns mentioned in the earlier reports are piles of stones from field-clearance.
Visited May 1982
RCAHMS 1988
