Cam Loch
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Cam Loch
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Ledbeg, Two Chambered Cairns
Canmore ID 4645
Site Number NC21SW 5
NGR NC 23460 13160
NGR Description NC 23460 13160 and NC 23602 13133
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Assynt
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
NC21SW 5 2343 1314 and 2350 1312.
Situated on two slight knolls at NC 2343 1314 and NC 2350 1312 are two cairns.
'A': The SE cairn is 1.5m high and is overgrown but with some protruding stones, including some in the SW quadrant which look like part of a kerb. It has two slight 'horns' of earth and stone protruding from the NW side.
'B': The other cairn consists of a grass-covered platform up to 1.7m high with a pile of small stones up to 0.8m high around a central chamber and entrance passage. The chamber is polygonal and the passage entrance, with a large lintel stone in situ, is on the SE. A narrow spur of stones on the NW side of the main cairn may be the remains of 'horns' on this side.
Visited by OS (G H P) 4 June 1962.
Cairn 'B' is an Orkney-Cromarty type round cairn with a polygonal chamber, about 20' long, divided into two compartments.
A S Henshall 1972.
No change.
Visited by OS (J M) 29 July 1980.
OS plans and photos
