MHG5501 - Kilmory, Rhum

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Type and Period (1)

CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 6429: Kilmory Lodge, cairn 250m N of, Rum

Full Description

Incomplete in heath/rough pasture on gentle hillslope to the shore, with NNW-N-NE aspect and altitude of 10-20m OD.
SMR card

NG30SE 4 3576 0415.

At NG 3576 0415, prominently situated on a knoll is a turf-covered stony mound c.6.5m in diameter and 0.7m high with its top disturbed. Probably a cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10 000
Visited by OS (AA) 16 May 1972

Cairn appears to be about 1m high.
NMRS MS/868/1

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2674 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1983. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Rhum, Lochaber District, Highland Region. . 7, No.4.

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Grid reference	Centred NG 3576 0415 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NG30SE
Civil Parish	SMALL ISLES
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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External Links (2)

http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM6429 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
https://canmore.org.uk/site/10979 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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