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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 661339
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/661339
NH55SE 10 5666 5229.
(NH 5666 5229) Cairn Irenan (Stone Circle) (NR)
OS 6" map, Ross-shire, 2nd ed., (1907)
Carn Urnan (Carn Irenan). Clava passage-grave: the cairn material has been entirely removed. The kerb of large stones is about 42ft in diameter, and is complete except for five stones. The tallest, on the S side, is 4ft high, and the smallest on the N is only 1ft 4ins high. The entrance passage to the SSW is 2ft wide. Two lintels still remain across the passage, somewhat displaced.
The chamber has been oval, 11 x 14ft; the foundation course of upright slabs (1ft 8ins - 6ins high) is almost complete.
There has been a circle of monoliths, about 73ft in diameter, of which only four remain upright, the tallest being 5ft 10ins high.
A S Henshall 1963; V G Childe 1944; A J Beaton 1882.
Cairn Irenan.
NSA 1845.
The remains of this chambered cairn are generally as described above. Nine boulders encircle the cairn, but only four remain standing in situ (A, B, F, and J). Stone 'G' can be discounted as belong to the ring.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 21 January 1965.
No change.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 3 March 1989.
