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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Michael's Grave - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Isle of Bute

Submitted by saille on Wednesday, 11 February 2004  Page Views: 7847

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: St Michael's Grave Alternative Name: Michael's Grave
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Bute Type: Chambered Cairn

Map Ref: NR9947070314  Landranger Map Number: 62
Latitude: 55.884101N  Longitude: 5.207793W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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SumDoood visited on 15th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 This is a 4km return walk, if you park at the "P" on the OS map. To drive onward is do-able in a 2WD family car, but though the route is flattish, it is *very* bumpy. There is no tarmac.

St Michael's Grave
St Michael's Grave submitted by butephoto : St. Michael's Grave, chambered cairn. www.butephotography.com for more. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn on the Isle of Bute

St Michael's Grave in the field between the shore and Kilmichael Cottage, is in fact a collapsed Neolithic burial cairn, which has become named after the much later early Christian occupation of the area.

Canmore site no. 39905.
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St Michael's Grave
St Michael's Grave submitted by SumDoood : Showing a probable capstone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Michael's Grave
St Michael's Grave submitted by SumDoood : From the south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Michael's Grave
St Michael's Grave submitted by SumDoood : From the west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Michael's Grave
St Michael's Grave submitted by SumDoood : The low island on the left is Inchmarnock where the (repaired with lignite) jet necklace from Whitby, N. Yorks was found. The next, distant, pointy island is Holy Island off the Isle Arran, and the spikey ridges are on Arran. The land to your right is the Cowal peninsula. (Vote or comment on this photo)

St Michael's Grave
St Michael's Grave submitted by SumDoood : If you've managed the drive, then the walk is only half a field long.

St Michael's Grave
St Michael's Grave submitted by durhamnature : 1843 drawing from J K Hewison's " The Isle of Bute in the Olden Days" via archive.org

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