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Field Visit
Date May 1965
Event ID 1111542
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1111542
Cairn and Barrow, Cnocan a' Chluig, Kilkivan.
On the top of a small hill known as Cnocan a' Chluig, 135 m SSW. of Kilkivan Quarry, there are two burial monuments, both presumably of the Bronze Age, lying side by side in rough ground at a height of 75 m O.D. (Fig. 22) (Colville 1930).
The larger of the two structures (A) is a bowl-cairn, consisting of a circular turf-covered mound composed of a mixture of earth and stones; it measures 8.5 m in diameter by 1.1 m in maximum height and is surrounded by a ditch and external bank. The ditch is 1.0 m wide and 0.2 m deep, and the bank is 1.5 m thick and 0.3 m high. A large pit which has been dug into the centre of the mound has probably destroyed or severely disturbed the primary burial.
The smaller structure (B) appears to be a small ring- or saucer-barrow, consisting simply of a ditch and external bank which enclose a flat space measuring 4.1 m in diameter. The ditch is 0·6 m wide and only 0.08 m deep, while the bank has a thickness of 1.2 m and a height of not more than 0.2 m. A hole has likewise been dug into the centre of this structure.
RCAHMS 1971, visited May 1965
652198 cclvii (unnoted)
