MHG282 - Cairn, Dun Ban

Summary

Late neolithic-early bronze age cairn. It has been badly robbed.

Type and Period (1)

CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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There is a ruined cairn near summit of wooded promontory known as Dun Ban some 335m W of Rhemore. Measuring about 11m in diameter and 2m in height, it has been heavily robbed to provide building material for the surrounding township and for a recent building on top of the cairn itself.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1974.

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--- SHG2660 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 56, No. 31.

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Grid reference	Centred NM 5689 5050 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM55SE
Civil Parish	MORVERN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/22335 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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