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Sorne Point, Mull

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Sorne Point, Mull

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Sron No H-aire; Dun Ara

Canmore ID 22071

Site Number NM45NW 11

NGR NM 427 578

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilninian And Kilmore
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NM45NW 11 427 578.

NM 427 578. Cairn, Sorne Point: On the NW tip of a rocky promontory called Sron na h-Aire, situated 150m NNE of Dun Ara (NM45NW 1), there is a cairn of rounded water-worn stones, measuring 6.5m in diameter and 1.2m in height. Now largely grass-grown, it has a large hollow in the centre.

RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973.

Scheduled as Sorne Point, cairn.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 11 November 2003.

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