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Dalvuie, Moss Of Achnacree

Burial Cairn (Later Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name Dalvuie, Moss Of Achnacree

Classification Burial Cairn (Later Prehistoric)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) Achnacree Moss; Dalvuie 2

Canmore ID 23238

Site Number NM93NW 23

NGR NM 92045 36527

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NM93NW 23 9205 3653

(NM 9205 3653) Cairn (NR).

(Undated) OS annotation.

The remains of what may have been a burial cairn appear as a low, grass-grown mound standing on level ground about 75 metres south of Dalvuie farmhouse. It is ragged in shape and measures about 15 metres in diameter and 1.25 metres in height. The mound consists of a mixture of earth and stones.

RCAHMS 1975.

A cairn as described.

Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.

Visited by OS (DWR) 28 October 1971.

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Field Visit (May 1970)

NM 920 365. A low grass-grown mound situated at a height of 15m OD on level-ground 75m S of Dalvuie may be the remains of a a burial cairn. Ragged in shape, it measures about 15m in diameter and 1.25m in height. Round the S half of the perimeter, where it has been dug into, it can be see that the mound consists of a mixture of earth and stone.

RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1970.

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