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Jura, Abhainn Na SrÒine
Cairn (Period Unknown)
Site Name Jura, Abhainn Na SrÒine
Classification Cairn (Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Poll A' CheÒ
Canmore ID 38248
Site Number NR56SW 5
NGR NR 50506 63206
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38248
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR56SW 5 5050 6320
See also NR56SW 1.
(NR 5050 6320) (information from RCAHMS to OS) A round cairn, 26ft by 20 1/2ft and 4ft high, lies within 100 yards of a chambered cairn (NR56SW 1).
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1966.
On a raised beach level, now grown over and occupied by lazy beds, is a circular mound of sharp profile, measuring 6.5m in diameter and 1.2m high. It is covered by a thin mantle of turf through which a content of small, rounded beach stones and one or two loose slabs is exposed. There is no trace of a kerb or cist.
Apart from the circular plan-form, there is no evidence that this mound is a cairn, and the sharp profile and association with the lazy beds suggest that it is wholly or in part a result of early modern stone clearance.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (N K B) 3 June 1979.
Field Visit (May 1975)
NR 505 632. This cairn is situated a little to the NE of the chambered cairn [RCAHMS 1984] No. 3 on the level ground at the head of the bay known as Poll a' Cheò, and on the W side of the Abhainn na Sròine. Composed of small and medium-sized stones, it is well preserved, measuring 4.5m in diameter and 1.4 m in height; one large slab protrudes from the cairn material on the N side, but without excavation its purpose cannot be determined.
RCAHMS 1984, visited May 1975
