Carn Ghilleasbuig Ruaidh
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Carn Ghilleasbuig Ruaidh
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 23583
Site Number NN06SW 7
NGR NN 0064 6390
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23583
- Council Highland
- Parish Ardgour
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NN06SW 7 0064 6390.
(NN 0064 6390) Carn Ghilleasbuig Ruaidh (NAT)
OS 6"map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
A large cairn of stones whose name means 'Archibald Roy's Cairn'.
Name Book 1871.
A cairn, some 18.0m in diameter and 2.0m maximum height. The N half has been quarried out leaving only a rim of overgrown debris around this side. It seems likely that the centre remains intact. The name is still known locally.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (A A) 27 August 1974.
The remains of what has formerly been a substantial cairn; it has measured about 16 m in diameter and still stands to a height of 3m. The centre shows signs of having been dug into, and a trench has been driven into the middle from the SSE side.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973.
