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Tombuie
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (Neolithic), Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Tombuie
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (Neolithic), Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned), Field Boundary (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 25714
Site Number NN85SE 34
NGR NN 8729 5114
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25714
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Weem
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NN85SE 34 8729 5114.
At NN 8729 5114 is a robbed chambered cairn measuring 18.0m in diameter and 1.2m maximum height. Protruding through the debris are five slabs on edge, three in the E possibly part of a facade; one just to the W of them possibly a portal stone, and another still further to the SW, part of a chamber of uncertain plan.
An even more pillaged cairn measuring 17.0m NNW-SSE by 15.0m lies immediately on the W. A large slab on edge protrudes through the debris in the W quadrant, and another in the SSE. Two smaller earthfast stones occur immediately W of the latter. It is possible that these stones are the last remnants of a chamber of uncertain type.
A ruinous late field wall, part of a complex in the area, overlies both cairns, and in the immediate vicinity and extending for about 100 metres to the NW are a few scattered early stone clearance heaps.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (AA) 26 February 1975
