Monument record MHG475 - Kerb Cairn, Achabeg
Summary
Site of late neolithic-bronze age kerb cairn.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 6488 4532 (80m by 80m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NM64NW |
| Old County | ARGYLL |
| Civil Parish | MORVERN |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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Full Description
Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1974)
A well-preserved kerb-cairn, as described by OS (RL) 1970.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973.
Situated on a terrace on the N side of the road from Lochaline to Drimnin, about 150m SE of Achabeg, is a mutilated, turf-covered cairn (noted as a stone circle - {Argyll County Council 1914}). It is about 0.5m high and its perimeter is marked by a kerb of sixteen close-set stones, up to 0.9m high, giving a diameter of 5.3m. In the S arc there is a break of 2.5m in the kerb. Two loose slabs within the cairn may have come from here.
Argyll County Council 1914; Visited by OS (RL) 8 June 1970.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2068 Text/Publication/Volume: County Council of Argyll. 1914. List of ancient monuments and historic buildings in the county of Argyll. 6.
- --- 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). . 48, No. 6.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
