MHG483 - Probable Cairn, Ardness

Summary

Site of probable late neolithic-bronze age burial cairn. Scheduled.

Type and Period (1)

BURIAL CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 7825: Ardness, cairn 550m S of

Full Description

Scheduled 2/2003 see secondary file for details - HAW 4/2003

Cairn (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)

A cairn, as described by OS (AA).
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973.

Situated on a low outcrop about 100m W of the cairn described on NM64SE 2 is a circular mound of stones about 5.0m in diameter and 0.6m in height. It has been severely disturbed, and although it reveals no sign of a kerb or cist, it is probably a cairn.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (AA) 12 June 1970.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- 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). . 60, No. 53(3).

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Grid reference	Centred NM 6617 4446 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM64SE
Civil Parish	MORVERN
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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External Links (2)

http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM7825 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
https://canmore.org.uk/site/22456 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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