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Arran, Glen Shurig
Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Arran, Glen Shurig
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric), Cist(S) (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Shira
Canmore ID 39684
Site Number NR93NE 3
NGR NR 9867 3606
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39684
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
NR93NE 3 9867 3606.
(NR 9863 3605) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map, (1924)
A small mound of earth and stones. Many cartloads of stones have been removed to build the parapets of the bridges on the Brodick-Shiskin road. In its centre are the remains of cists.
Source: Name Book 1864.
NR 9867 3606. A turf and bracken-covered cairn situated on a level shelf of a moderately steep hillslope. It is 12.8m E-W by 10.7m, up to 1.2m high and has been mutilated in the south. Near the centre are four large slab-like stones; three are up to 0.8m high, the other is almost buried. They cannot be identified as a recognisable structure. There is a small sub-rectangular depression (1.0m by 0.6m by 0.2m deep) near the edge of the cairn; it is lined by one large and five smaller stones, but does not have the appearance of either a cist or chamber.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (T R G) 3 November 1977.
Note (2 July 2018)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
HES Survey and Recording 2 July 2018
