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Archaeology Notes
Date - 1977
Event ID 697887
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NR89NW 27 8459 9530.
NR 845 953. ? Clyde group chambered cairn. The site is on a small rocky knoll, a short distance SW of NR89NW 26. The cairn has been much ruined, though a fairly definite edge can be traced round the SW half, in places edged by large stones, possibly the remains of a kerb. The edge round the NE half is difficult to define, for there is less cairn material there. In plan, the cairn appears to be elongated rather than round, measuring certainly 60' and perhaps 80' ENE-WSW, by c. 60', the maximum breadth being nearer the NE end. There seems to be little depth of cairn material and the capstone, 5'9" x 4'3", lies flush with the remaining stones. Below the capstone is a hollow, edged on the SE side by a slab on edge, 5'5" long. Also below, on the NW side, lies a flat slab, possibly a fallen side slab. It has been suggested that this structure may be part of a two-compartment chamber (Campbell and Sandeman 1964) but no transverse slabs nor an extension to the NE or SW can be traced at present. The structure seems to be aligned along the axis of the cairn, c. 50' from the SW end, but it gives the impression of always having been very low. Without excavation, the nature of this site is uncertain.
A S Henshall 1972; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964; J H Craw 1930.
NR 8459 9530. Generally as described. This cairn measures up to 22.0m SW-NE by 16.0m. Only the capstone remains visible. There is no certainty that this was a chambered cairn.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (I A) 4 May 1973.
No change to the report of 4 May 1973.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (B S) 14 April 1977.
