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Fearnoch

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Cairn (Prehistoric)

Site Name Fearnoch

Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Kilfinnan

Canmore ID 39872

Site Number NR97NW 2

NGR NR 92688 79398

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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RCAHMSFearnoch, NR97NW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoOblique aerial view centred on the remains of the cairn, cropmarks of the possible field boundaries and further cropmarks, taken from the ENE.Fearnoch, NR97NW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoRCAHMSOblique aerial view centred on the remains of the cairn, cropmarks of the possible field boundaries and further cropmarks, taken from the ENE.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the cairn, cropmarks of the possible field boundaries and further cropmarks, taken from the NNW.Oblique aerial view centred on the remains of the cairn, cropmarks of the possible field boundaries and further cropmarks, taken from the SE.Fearnoch, NR97NW 2, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilfinan
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Activities

Field Visit (18 September 1942)

RCAHMS Emergency Survey (Archaeology)

On the cultivable flat terrace of the 25 ft beach, N of Kilfinnan River and about 700 yards from the present beach, is a grassy mound 46 ft in diameter and about 4 ft high. Rabbit-holes show that it is composed of sandy soil and pebbles. It seems to have been a little disturbed on the SE.

Visited by RCAHMS (VGC) 18 September 1942.

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Field Visit (7 November 1972)

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Revision Programme

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (IA) 7 November 1972.

Further Details

Field Visit (April 1987)

RCAHMS County Inventory; Argyll Volume 6 (Mid-Argyll and Cowal, Prehistoric and Early Historic Monuments)

Situated in an arable field on the raised beach 300m S of Fearnoch, there is a grass-covered stony mound about 15m in diameter and 1.2m in height. The N edge of the cairn has been trimmed by the plough.

RCAHMS 1988, visited April 1987.

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