Monument record MHG55726 - Cairn - West Laroch, Ballachulish, Lochaber

Summary

A cairn finally dismantled in the 1940s, in West Laroch, Ballachulish, Lochaber.

Location

Grid reference Centred NN 07864 58185 (8m by 8m)
Map sheet NN05NE
Old County ARGYLL
Civil Parish LISMORE AND APPIN
Geographical Area LOCHABER

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

(NN 0787 5823, NN 0787 5817 and NN 0791 5812) Cairns (NR) (sites of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

The three small cairns that stood in a field extending between the west bank of the River Laroch and the houses of West Laroch village have been destroyed. In 1834 an empty cist was discovered in the easternmost cairn.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1970.

The field containing these cairns was cleared in about 1947, by Argyll County Council, for a housing estate and the cairns were destroyed. However, a stone recording the early removal of one of the cairns is preserved in the garden of No 9 Croft Road, West Laroch. It bears the following inscription: "In April 1831 (Information from Miss Robertson, 4 Long Cottage, West Laroch) cairn which stood on this spot was removed. The stone coffins within the enclosure were found underneath and have been left undisturbed. Neither bones, ashes nor any other remains of antiquity were discovered . . . . ".
Two local inhabitants, (Miss Robertson and Mrs Macdonald, 10 Leven Terrace, West Laroch) agreed that the number of cairns was two plus the stone mentioned above.
Visited by OS (C F W) 11 July 1961.

The stone described by OS (C F W) is now within a modern fenced enclosure at the back of No 2 Croft Road which was built in 1969 after the demolition of the 'pre-fabs'.
Visited by OS (R L) 8 May 1970.

The position of this cairn, dismantled in 1947, is shown quite clearly on the 1st and 2nd Edition OS maps and is shown as more of a long cairn approximately 8m long. <1> <2> [The NGR for this record has been moved to the correct position as shown on the rectified OS maps - IS-L 23/10/2012]

See MHG344 and MHG55727 for the other two cairns.

Sources/Archives (3)

  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1975. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the ancient monuments: volume 2: Lorn. . 57, No. 80.
  • <1> Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1872. Ordnance Survey 1st edition 25 inch map: Argyll. Digital.
  • <2> Image/Map: Ordnance Survey. 1899. Ordnance Survey 2nd edition 25 inch map: Argyll. Digital.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Oct 23 2012 4:00PM

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