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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 675451

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/675451

NM83NW 13 8123 3855.

(NM 8123 3856) Cairn (NR).

OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

On the SW slopes of Barr Mor, and about 400 metres from the summit is a cairn which measures 17 by 15.5 metres and 2.3 metres in height. The top and flanks of the cairn have been severely robbed of stones to make a nearby wall.

RCAHMS 1975, visited July 1970.

As described. No kerbstones are visible.

Surveyed at 1:10 000 scale.

Visited by OS (R D) 29 November 1971.

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