Gigha, East Tarbert Bay
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Gigha, East Tarbert Bay
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Tarbet
Canmore ID 38595
Site Number NR65SE 10
NGR NR 6556 5243
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Gigha And Cara
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR65SE 10 6556 5243
(NR 6557 5242) (information from R E MacCallum to OS, 1962) Two cairns are situated close together at a height of 10m OD on level ground immediately W of the public road. They are overgrown by grass and heather, but appear to be composed of a mixture of smallish rounded stones and soil.
The larger cairn has steeply sloping sides and measures 10.5m in diameter and 1.7m in height; there is a large depression in the top caused by previous disturbance.
The smaller cairn, which lies 3m to the NW, has been greatly reduced by stone-robbing and its outline is now irregular due to ploughing in the immediate vicinity. It is 1.1m in greatest height and its original diameter was probably about 7.5m. At the southern edge the end of a thin slab can be seen projecting slightly from the cairn material. It presumably formed part of a cist, but appears to be no longer in its original position.
T P White 1873; RCAHMS 1971, visited 1963.
No change to RCAHMS report.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J M) 18 January 1978.
Field Visit (May 1963)
Cairns, East Tarbert Bay, Gigha.
About 135 m N. of the standing stone NR65SE 22 there are two cairns situated close together at a height of 10 m O.D. on level ground immediately W. of the public road. They are overgrown by grass and heather, but appear to be composed of a mixture of smallish rounded stones and soil.
The larger cairn has steeply sloping sides and measures 10.5 m in diameter and 1.7 m in height; there is a large depression in the top caused by previous disturbance.
The smaller cairn, which lies 3 m to the NW., has been greatly reduced by stone-robbing and its outline is now irregular due to ploughing in the immediate vicinity. It is 1.1 m in greatest height and its original diameter was probably about 7.5 m. At the southern edge the end of a thin slab can be seen projecting slightly from the cairn material. It presumably formed part of a cist, but appears to be no longer in its original position.
RCAHMS 1971, visited May 1963
655524 ccxxiii (unnoted)