Lismore, Cnoc Aingil
Cairn (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Lismore, Cnoc Aingil
Classification Cairn (Later Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 23086
Site Number NM84SE 13
NGR NM 8638 4397
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23086
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM84SE 13 8638 4397.
(NM 8638 4397) Cnoc Aingil (NAT) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
This, the largest cairn in Lorn, measures 42.7 metres in diameter and about 7.3 metres in height. Now grass-covered, it is crossed by a dry-stone wall.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1968.
As described.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 9 November 1971.
Field Visit (10 July 1943)
On the same ridge [as Carn Mor, Clachan] but higher up and to the NE, 1/3rd of a mile N of Clachan, is an immense conical cairn conspicuous all round. It is at least 125ft in diameter and 25ft to 30ft high, but its situation on the crest of the limestone ridge makes the definition of its boundary and base impossible. Though the mound is grass-grown, irregular fragments of limestone, some of quite large size, project through the turf everywhere without any suggestion of building. A depression runs up the SW side that suggests either a robber’s trench or the line of a passage and chamber .
Visited by RCAHMS (VGC), 10 July 1943.
Field Visit (May 1968)
NM 863 439. The largest cairn in Lorn is situated 550m NE of the cathedral at a height of about 60m OD. Measuring 42.7m in diameter and standing to a height of about 7.3m, it is now grass-covered and is crossed by a modern dry-stone wall. It is possible that the size of the cairn has been emphasised by the underlying rock outcrop.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1968.
Watching Brief (9 June 2011)
NM 86161 43871 to NM 86267 43949 A watching brief was undertaken on 9 June 2011 during trenching for a new underground power supply a short distance from the large cairn of Cnoc Aingil (NM84SE 13). Nothing of archaeological interest was recorded in the trench.
Archive and report: RCAHMS and WoSAS
Funder: Scottish and Southern Energy
Scotia Archaeology 2011
Information also reported in Oasis (scotiaar1-104632) 15 July 2011
