Barr Beag
Burial Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Barr Beag
Classification Burial Cairn (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Strontoiller
Canmore ID 23192
Site Number NM92NW 19
NGR NM 90706 29714
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23192
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM92NW 19 9070 2971.
(NM 9070 2971) Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
The remains of an oval cairn crown the summit of a natural knoll on the lower slopes of Barr Beag. It appears as a grass-covered stony mound measuring 11 by 13.3 metres and stands to a height of 1.2 metres. Its centre has been severely disturbed by stone-robbing.
RCAHMS 1975, visited 1972.
As described.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale
Visited by OS (D W R) 3 September 1971.
Field Visit (May 1972)
NM 907 297. The summit of a natural knoll on the lower slopes of Barr Beag, about 320m NNW of Strontoiller farmhouse, is occupied by the remains of an oval cairn. It appears as a grass-covered stony mound measuring 11m by 13.3 m and stands to a height of 1.2 m. Its centre has been severely disturbed by stone-robbing.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1972.
