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Lismore, Druim An Uinnsinn
Burial Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Lismore, Druim An Uinnsinn
Classification Burial Cairn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Druim An Uinnsinn 1; Brynalen
Canmore ID 23011
Site Number NM83NW 19
NGR NM 82406 39588
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23011
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM83NW 19 8241 3959.
(NM 8241 3959) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
Standing in pasture, is a cairn which measures 13.5 metres in diameter and 1.4 metres in height. It has been severely robbed of its stones to provide material for a nearby wall, but the remains of three cists are still visible.
Of the central cist, only one side slab, measuring 1.4 metres in length, 0.25m thick and at least 0.6metres in depth, and the capstone survive. The capstone now stands upright in the centre of the cairn and it measures 1.5 by 1.4 metres and is 0.2 metres thick.
To the east, there is a small cist which contained the cremation of a young adult. The side slabs survive almost in their original positions, but the end slabs have slipped out of place. This cist measured 0.8 metres by 0.7 metres and up to 0.5 metres in depth. The broken capstone, measuring 0.8 by 0.7 metres and 0.1 metres thick, lies nearby. The third cist lies to the south of centre. Two broken side slabs and one end slab survive. This cist measured internally about 1.4 by 0.5 metres and about 0.6 metres in depth.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1969.
As described.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R D) 29 November 1971.
Measured Survey (1968)
Surveyed with alidade and plane-table. Redrawn in ink and published at a reduced scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1975, fig. 21).
Field Visit (May 1969)
NM 824 395. This cairn, standing in pasture 720m SSW of Frackersaig farmhouse at a height of 45m OD, measures 13.5m in diameter and 1.4m in height. It has been severely robbed, presumably to provide material for a nearby wall, but the remains of three cists are still visible. The central cist is represented by a single side-slab (1.4m long, 0.25m thick and at least 0.6m in depth), and by the capstone (1.5m by 1.4m and 0.2m thick), which now stands upright in teh centre of the cairn. The central area has been considerably disturbed, possibly when this cist was emptied some years before the date of visit. The remains of two inhumation burials are said to have been found, as well as a number of animal claws and nutshells, all probably modern (Information from Mr and Mrs J Cooper).
To the E there is a small cist, the side slabs of which survive almost in their original positions, but the end slabs have slipped out of place. It has measured 0.4m by 0.2m and up to 0.5m in depth; the capstone (0.8m by 0.7m by 0.1m thick) now lies broken nearby. The cist contained the cremation of a young adult intermixed with a deposit of black earth and stones (The Commissioners are indebted to Mr T F Spence, BSc, Anatomy, University of Birmingham for undertaking the examination of the bones). The third cist lies is to the S of the centre of the cairn; two side-slabs and one end-slab survive, but the N side-slab is broken into three fragments and the S side-slab into two. This cist has measured internally about 1.4m by 0.5m and about 0.6m in depth; not only has it been robbed but it has apparently been excavated to below the original floor-level.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1969.
