Archaeology Notes

Event ID 648298

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NC22SW 1 2414 2371.

(NC 2414 2371) Chambered Cairn (NR)

(Undated) information in NMRS: OS entry.

Ardvreck: Oval, ? Gallery-grave. The cairn, now much ruined and turf-covered, measures 49 ft 6 ins E-W by 36 ft 6 ins transversely and 5 ft high. Only the inner- most compartment of the chamber, and the inner septal slab, can be seen in the centre of the cairn. The entrance passage, 4 ft long, was from the E. The rectangular chamber was 9 ft 2 ins long by 2 ft 11 ins wide at the E end, widening to 3 ft 4 ins at the W end, and was divided into three compartments. Excavated by Cree in 1925 (not published).

A S Henshall 1963, visited 1954; J E Cree (Antiquaries MS 501)

This chambered cairn now measures some 11.0m in diameter and 1.0m high. The W end of the chamber has disappeared, but the large slab on the N side of the chamber remains intact

Visited by OS (R D L) 21 May 1962.

This chambered cairn is as described by the previous field investigator. The overall dimensions are uncertain but appear to have been 12.5m E-W by 11.5m.

Visited by OS (R D L) 21 May 1962.