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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunan Aula Alternative Name: BarbreckCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead
Map Ref: NM83420697
Latitude: 56.205886N Longitude: 5.493518W
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 |
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Cist in Argyll
There is an exposed cist, said to have been "covered by loose stones" when found at some time prior to 1793, situated north of the mausoleum in the late 18th century family burial ground which stands on the summit of a large steep-sided mound. The Statistical Account (OSA 1793) records an "urn with ahses" being found by workmen when the mausoleum was being built. The cist measures 4' by 2'7" by 2'9". The gable capstone measures 5'4" by 4'8". Other stones projecting from the sides of the mound suggest that other graves may exist undamaged.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964; OSA 1793; M Campbell 1956; SDD 1960-.
As described. There is no trace of any cairn material. 10 metres to WNW is an upright slab which appears to be neither part of a kerb nor part of a cist. It is 1 metre high, 0.4 metres thick and 0.6 metres broad. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (D W R) 6 October 1971.
Set into the top of Dunan Aula, a natural knoll situated 650m NNE of barbreck House, and a little to the N of the mausoleum, there is a massive cist constructed of four large slabs and a gabled capstone; aligned NE and SW, it measures 1.2m by 0.7m and 0.8m in depth internally. In the later 18th century the cist was broken into and an 'urn' and cremated remains were discovered (OSA 1797); the urn was destroyed.
About 9.5m to the NNW, on the side of the knoll, there is an upright slab, which is aligned NW and SE and measures 0.6m by 0.4m at the base and 1m in height; it has straightish sides and a flat top.
Visited May 1982
RCAHMS 1988
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