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Glen Coe, River Coe, Modern Cairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Glen Coe, River Coe, Modern Cairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Glencoe
Canmore ID 289207
Site Number NN15NE 20
NGR NN 18782 56285
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/289207
- Council Highland
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NN15NE 20 18782 56285
Photographed in 2007 to enhance and augment the existing holdings of the National Monuments Record Scotland.
Information from RCAHMS (DE), April 2007
A modern cairn has been constructed on the N side of the improved A82 road and S side of the River Coe at a point opposite a car park Stob Coire Raineach.
The cairn is dome shaped.
Visited by RCAHMS (DE), 20 April 2007
Field Visit (1996)
This so-called coffin cairn was reconstructed in 1993 by volunteers working for the NTS. It is now c2.4m high and c3m in diameter. Mid 19thc potsherds were found during the reconstruction work - presumably associated with (GLCOE036).
(GLE96 005)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
