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Arran, Dunan Mor
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic), Cremation (Prehistoric), Blade (Pitchstone)(Prehistoric), Cinerary Urn (Pottery)(Prehistoric)(Possible), Flake (Pitchstone)(Prehistoric), Knife (Flint)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Prehistoric)
Site Name Arran, Dunan Mor
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic), Cremation (Prehistoric), Blade (Pitchstone)(Prehistoric), Cinerary Urn (Pottery)(Prehistoric)(Possible), Flake (Pitchstone)(Prehistoric), Knife (Flint)(Prehistoric), Unidentified Flint(S) (Flint)(Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 40202
Site Number NS03SW 7
NGR NS 02807 33153
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40202
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
NS03NW 7 0280 3315.
(NS 0279 3315) Cairn (NR) Flint Knife & Urn found AD 1909-10 (NAT).
OS 6" map, (1924)
Clyde group, round cairn, Dunan Mor: This cairn has been much robbed for building nearby walls, and is now a stony heather-covered mound, still 5ft high on the SW side but mostly left as irregular hummocks 2-3ft high. The edge is little disturbed and quite clear; the diameter is 78ft. There are the remains of three chambers in the cairn, placed radially facing SSE, W and NNE. They are now partly filled with debris but most of the structural stones can be seen. In 1909, Bryce (1909) excavated the N and central compartments of the S chamber and the central compartment of the W chamber. Artifacts found, now in the NMAS, were pottery sherds (EO 323, 324) flint knife (EO 319), flint and pitchstone flakes (EO 321). Fragments of burnt bone were also found.
Sources: T H Bryce 1909; A S Henshall 1972, visited 1962.
NS 0280 3315. The remains of a chambered cairn as descrbed by Miss Henshall. It is surrounded by afforestation and is so covered in heather that an accurate inspection of the chambers is not possible.
Surveyed at 1:10 000
Visited by OS (B S) 25 October 1977.
Note (29 October 2018)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
HES Survey and Recording 29 October 2018
