Jura, Cnoc A' Chuirn Mhoir
Burial Cairn (Later Prehistoric)
Site Name Jura, Cnoc A' Chuirn Mhoir
Classification Burial Cairn (Later Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 38670
Site Number NR69SE 1
NGR NR 68298 94211
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR69SE 1 6829 9421.
NR 683 943. Cairn
Information from RCAHMS to OS, 1978.
NR 6829 9421. Situated on a crest on the edge of early modern cultivation is a cairn of bare stones 7.0m to 7.5m in diameter and 0.4m high. Some kerb-stones protrude intermittently through the tumble.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (NKB) 7 May 1978
Field Visit (May 1975)
NR 682 942. On the S flank of Cnoc a' Chuirn Mhoir, about 170m S of the summit, there is a large cairn measuring about 17m in diameter and 1m in height; some possible kerb-stones mark its W perimeter, but its N edge is buried under field-gathered stones, and a small enclosure of comparatively recent date overlies the cairn.
RCAHMS 1984, visited May 1975
