Field Visit
Date April 1962
Event ID 1111516
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
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Chambered Cairn (probable), Macharioch (ARG 34).
In a level field 110m E. of Macharioch, and at a height of about 25 m O.D., there is an isolated group of stones (Fig. 18), all of red sandstone conglomerate, comprising two massive upright slabs and several recumbent slabs. In the absence of excavation the purpose of these stones is uncertain, but it is probable that they represent the remains of a chambered cairn. The two orthostats (numbers 1 and 2), which stand 2.0 m and 1.4 m in height respectively with their longer axes aligned N. and S., could be the portal stones of a burial-chamber or part of a facade, although their present position does not leave sufficient space for an entrance between them. Immediately to the E. of them the tops of four other stones (3-6) can be seen protruding above ground to a maximum height of 0.4 m; these appear to be side slabs of a chamber, measuring at least 2.4 m in length and 0·8 m in width internally, with its long axis running E. and W. A seventh stone (7), which is now lying with its N. edge leaning on stone 5, could be a dislodged cover-slab. Apart from a slight accumulation of small stones in the immediate vicinity, there is no trace of any cairn material.
RCAHMS 1971, visited April 1962
736092 cclxvi & cclxvii ("Standing Stones")
