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Kerrera, Oitir Mhor
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Kerrera, Oitir Mhor
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 23073
Site Number NM83SW 5
NGR NM 822 302
NGR Description Centred at NM 822 302
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23073
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM83SW 5 centred 822 302.
NM 822 302. A grass-covered mound with a flattened top and "bumps" lies on the N side of Oitir Mhor bay. There is natural outcrop between the sea and the site, which is about 30' from an isolated stone and 75' from a dyke-end. Bracken prevented accurate measurement.
M Kay 1969.
Not located. No trace of an antiquity in this area.
Visited by OS (R D) 28 April 1970.
