Lismore, Creag An Fhithich
Cairn (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Lismore, Creag An Fhithich
Classification Cairn (Later Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 23108
Site Number NM84SW 4
NGR NM 83260 40095
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM84SW 4 8325 4009.
(NM 8325 4009) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
A much denuded cairn stands on the SW end of a low, rocky ridge. It is circular in shape and measures 13.7 metres in diameter and 1.7 metres in greatest height. It is almost totally turf-covered and is crossed by a modern dry-stone boundary wall.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1968.
Generally as described, but the cairn measures 18 metres in diameter and 2 metres in maximum height.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 29 November 1971.
Field Visit (May 1968)
NM 832 400. On the SW end of a low rocky ridge about 300m SSW Creag an Fhitich farmhouse there is a much denuded cairn of roughly circular shape measuring 13.7m in diameter and 1.7m in greatest height; it is almost totally turf-covered and is crossed by a modern dry-stone boundary-wall.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1968.
