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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Invercharnan (Glen Etive)Country: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Glencoe Nearest Village: Invercharnan
Map Ref: NN14394761
Latitude: 56.583584N Longitude: 5.023816W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Cairn in Argyll
This cairn is recorded as Canmore ID 23689, which tells us: "This cairn, one of the best preserved in Lorn, stands in pasture on the west bank of the River Etive about 700 metres south of Invercharnan. Bowl shaped in profile it measures 8.25 metres in diameter by 1.6 metres in height. It has been constructed with a kerb of boulders on which a second retaining course of stones has been carefully set."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this cairn - see their entry for Invercharnan, Glen Etive, Argyll, which gives a detailed description of how to reach this site, together with a brief archaeology & history. TNA describe the valley the cairn is sited in as "awesome .... an utterly gorgeous arena."
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