Inveraray, Newtown
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Inveraray, Newtown
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 23363
Site Number NN00NE 3
NGR NN 0869 0811
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 3 0869 0811
NN 087 081. This cairn measures 26' by 29' by 2'; it has a tree growing near its centre, and the kerb is traceable in places.
M Campbell 1961; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
NN 0870 0813: As described. A wet ditch around its base is modern.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 9 March 1973.
Field Visit (April 1981)
Situated about 100m WSW of NN00NE 2, this cairn measures 8m in diameter and 1m in height. At its centre there is a large oak tree, and the cairn, which has had many field-cleared stones dumped on it, is flanked on the E by a modern ditch.
RCAHMS 1988, visited April 1981.
