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Auchindrain
Long Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Auchindrain
Classification Long Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 23405
Site Number NN00SW 2
NGR NN 0379 0337
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23405
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Inveraray
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NN00NE 2 0379 0337.
NN 037 034 Long Cairn. This cairn is situated on a hillside at the edge of a small wood c 350' OD. It is an untidy heap of large irregular mossy stones covered by trees. It is 154' long, aligned NE-SW. For most of its length it is c 27' across, but towards the SW it expands to c 37' across, and is 3-5' high above its downhill side. An old turf and stone wall crosses just beyond its NE end. Only two flat stones which might be structural can be seen at present. About 2' from the NE end there is a small upright transverse stone 2' wide and projecting 1'. A flat stone, 3'8" long by 2'4" wide, lies at the SW end.
A S Henshall 1972; E R Cregeen 1957; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
NN 0379 0337 Generally as described. The cairn measures 50.0m long and only 6.0m wide except at the SW end where it becomes 10.0m wide.
Surveyed at 1:2500
Visited by OS (J P) 28 October 1971.
Field Visit (May 1982)
This long cairn lies on a slight terrace on a north-facing slope 700m ENE of Auchindrain (Campbell and Sandeman 1964, 11; Henshall 1972, 358). It is closely surrounded by a coniferous plantation and much obscured by vegetation, with a row of large birch trees growing along its spine. Aligned NE and SW, the cairn, which is composed of substantial boulders, is 46.5m long; for much of its length, it has a width of about 6m, which increases to 8.8m at the SW end, where a slab (1m by 0.7m and 0.1m thick), is visible in the cairn material, About 0.6m from the NE end of the cairn an upright transverse slab (0.57m broad by 0.15m thick), projects 0.32m.
Visited May 1982
RCAHMS 1988
