Carn ban
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The once giant tomb is neolithic in age and nature, and was defined by Audrey Henshall (1972) as a passage grave of the Clyde Cairns group. It appears to have been built over two different periods: the earliest being when the first two internal chambers were done, “which in building technique and plan are comparable to a two-compartment Clyde-chamber and which may have been covered by a small cairn.” (RCAHMS 1974) Much later, the long passage seems to have been added and built over the original chambers.
1927 SOME ANTIQUITIES IN BENDERLOCH AND LORN. BY WILLIAM THOMSON, P.S.A.SCOT. download
from Am Baile
This large chambered cairn stands in trees on the north edge of Moss of Achnacree, near Benderloch in Argyll and Bute. It was first excavated in 1871. It stands at a maximum height of over 4 metres and is over 24 metres in diameter. Fragments of pottery bowls and one complete bowl were found at the time of excavation.
Pottery from the 'Great Cairn' at Achnacree, nr Benderloch, Argyll & Bute
This large chambered cairn stands in trees on the north edge of Moss of Achnacree, near Benderloch in Argyll and Bute. It was first excavated in 1871. The illustration shows the ground plan and a cross section of the cairn.
The maximum height of this 'Great Cairn' is over 4 metres and the diameter is 24.4 metres. Fragments of pottery bowls and one complete bowl were found at the time of excavation.
The illustration is from 'Loch Etive and The Sons of Uisnach', published by MacMillan & Co, 1879
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