Inveraray, Newtown
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Inveraray, Newtown
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 23355
Site Number NN00NE 2
NGR NN 0880 0813
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Inveraray
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN00NE 2 0880 0813
NN 088 082. A cairn, 64' x 74' x 3', is situated in a marshy arable field W of the long avenue running behind the new Council houses in the Newtown area. It is hollow in the centre and some kerb is traceable; some field clearance and recent rubbish has been added to it.
M Campbell 1961; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
NN 0881 0813: This cairn (the original profile of which has been destroyed by field clearance) measures 25.5m NW-SE by 19.5m NE-SW and up to 1.6m high. One or two earthfast stones around the periphery are probably kerb stones.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (DWR), 8 March 1973.
Field Visit (April 1981)
This mutilated cairn measures 21.3m from N to S by 19.2m transversely and stands to a height of about 1m. There are many large stones close to the perimeter, but only one, on the S, is probably a kerbstone.
RCAHMS 1988, visited April 1981.