Coll, Carn A'bhraighe
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Coll, Carn A'bhraighe
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Dun Gortan
Canmore ID 21586
Site Number NM15SE 4
NGR NM 1713 5300
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Coll
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM15SE 4 1713 5300.
(NM 1713 5300) Carn a' Bhraighe (NR)
OS 6"map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
This hollow stone building may prove to have been a chambered cairn.
E Beveridge 1903.
Carn a' Bhraighe, a cairn measuring 11.5 m in diameter and about 2 m in height. Kerb-stones are visible in the N and E and one or two others can be seen elsewhere around the perimeter. There is no suggestion of a chamber.
Visited by OS (R L) 1 July 1972.
Cairn, Carn a' Bhraighe: This cairn, situated near the summit of Ceann Fasachd, has dimensions as given by OS field surveyor. Built of large stones, it has been severely disturbed by the construction of a sheep-pen, but some kerb-stones, as noted by OS field surveyor, are still visible.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1974.
NM 1713 5302 The tumbled remains of a dun occupy the end of a steep ridge, 200m N of Acarsaid Fhalaich. The remains are a circular mass of large, angular stones, which stands 1.2m in maximum height and 17m in diameter. A modern shooting blind has been built into the centre.
Sponsors: Edinburgh University Archaeology Department, Holley & Associates.
M W Holley and K Polson 1996
