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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 727003
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/727003
NX55NW 22 5294 5714
(NX 5293 5714) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
This cairn measures 63' in diameter and 10' in height. A short cist, formed of four slabs, measuring 3' in length and breadth by 2' 8" deep is exposed. Its lowest level is 5' 6" from the present summit of the cairn, thus indicating its secondary character.
RCAHMS 1914, visited 1912; I F MacLeod 1969
NX 5293 5715. A well-preserved cairn situated on the bottom of the saddle between Cairnharrow and Cambret Hills at 735ft OD. It is 21.0m diameter and 2.5m high with a central hollow (2.5m diam and 1.2m deep) in the bottom of which lies the exposed cist complete with collapsed capstone. There is the suggestion of a 1.5m wide "berm" on the east side of the cairn but this is almost certainly the result of robbing. There is no kerbing evident as shown on the RCAHMS plan.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 20 June 1966
