MHG5406 - Carn Glas

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Type and Period (1)

  • CAIRN (Neolithic - 4000 BC to 2401 BC)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NG71NW 1 7003 1637.

(NG 7003 1637) Carn Glas (NAT) (Shown as cairn)
OS 6"map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)

Not mentioned in Inventory, RCAHMS 1929.

Carn Glas, a much mutilated cairn, is situated at the N end of Loch na Dal on the E bank of the Abhainn Ceann-Locha at a height of about 30 ft. OD.
It measures 22.5m in diameter and 2.3m in height where best preserved in the NE quadrant, the remainder of the cairn having been extensively robbed.
Visited by OS (A C) 14 June 1961

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Location

Grid reference Centred NG 7002 1636 (14m by 14m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NG71NW
Geographical Area SKYE AND LOCHALSH
Civil Parish SLEAT

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