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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Glecknabae
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Bute Type: Chambered Cairn

Map Ref: NS0074568263 Landranger Map Number: 63
Latitude: 55.866230N Longitude: 5.185934W
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

3 Ambience:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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
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3 Accuracy:

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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**Glecknabae** submitted by durhamnature : Excavated cairn, from "The book of Arran" by J A Balfour 1910 via archive.org Site in Isle of Bute Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chambered Cairn in Bute. This Clyde-type chambered cairn, situated in a sloping field between 50ft and 100ft OD, has been much robbed and disturbed.

It now appears as a roughly oval, grass-grown stony mound, about 60ft by 30ft and about 4ft high, with the tops of a few constructional stones just visible.

More at Canmore site no. 40371.

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NS0068 : Chambered Cairn at Glecknabae by Elliott Simpson — by Elliott Simpson
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NS0068 : Glecknabae Chambered Cairn - Isle of Bute by Raibeart MacAoidh — by Raibeart MacAoidh
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NS0068 : Glecknabae chambered cairn by Thomas Nugent — by Thomas Nugent
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NS0068 : Chambered cairn at Glecknabae by Thomas Nugent — by Thomas Nugent
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NS0068 : Glecknabae Hill by Thomas Nugent — by Thomas Nugent
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