MHG332 - Possible Burial Cairn, Camus Luinge

Summary

Site of possible late neolithic-early bronze age burial cairn.

Type and Period (1)

BURIAL CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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None recorded

Full Description

Cairn (possible), Camas Luinge: Situated on a spit of level ground beside the SE shore of Loch Shiel, about 250 m SW of Camas Luinge, there is a roughly oval stony mound, which may represent the remains of a burial-cairn. Largely overgrown with grass and moss, the mound measures approximately 16m by 7.5m and stands to a height of 1.0m. RCAHMS 1980, visited 1972.

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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). . 54, No. 20.

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Grid reference	Centred NM 8660 7680 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM87NE
Civil Parish	ARDNAMURCHAN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/23132 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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