Lismore, Carn Mor
Burial Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Lismore, Carn Mor
Classification Burial Cairn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Lismore Cathedral
Canmore ID 23085
Site Number NM84SE 12
NGR NM 85932 43548
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23085
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM84SE 12 8593 4354.
(NM 8593 4354) Carn Mor (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
This cairn measures 11 by 8 metres and is 1.7 metres in height. It consists of smallish stones and has recently been used as a dump for stones cleared from surrounding fields.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1969.
As described.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 9 November 1971.
Field Visit (10 July 1943)
On the crest of a low ridge behind (WNW of) the church (cathedral), between two parcels of cultivated land, is an elongated pile of small stones, many rounded, about 33ft E and W by 26ft N and S, rising 4ft or 5ft from a dense growth of nettles.
Visited by RCAHMS (VGC) 10 July 1943.
Field Visit (May 1969)
NM 859 435. This cairn stands on a spine of rock 182 m W of the cathedral (No. 267), at a height of about 60 m OD. Measuring 11m by 8 m and 1'7 m in height, it is composed of smallish stones and has recently been used as a dump for stones cleared from the surrounding fields.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1969.
