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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Altnacealgach Alternative Name: Altnacealgach HotelCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Highlands Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Ullapool Nearest Village: Ledmore
Map Ref: NC2652811033
Latitude: 58.054359N Longitude: 4.941391W
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 |
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| 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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| 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 |
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markj99 visited on 31st Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Altnacealgach Cairn is accessible from Altnacealgach Motel if you have walking boots or wellies as it situated on a rough moorland slope. The c. 0.5 mile return trip is more than compensated by a heather clad cairn with a 45 degree arc of exposed stones in the SE.
Altnacealgach Cairn is a well preserved cairn situated c. 400 yards north of the Altnacealgach Motel on the hillside. It measures c. 50 feet in diameter by 6 feet in height. The perimeter is covered in heather but the centre has exposed stones probably due to an excavation. A patina of moss on the stones indicates that this was an ancient excavation.
‘The cairn consists of a stone pile within which a central chamber made up of sub-angular stones (ave. 30-40cm long) is visible.’
The above quote is an extract from a Field Visit in 2009 contained in Canmore ID 4627.
Directions: From Ullapool head north for c. 18 miles on the A835 until you reach the A837. Turn right for c. 1.75 miles and the Altnacealgach Motel is on the loch side. Parking is available adjacent to the hotel. Walk about 400 yards north uphill through rough moorland from the west side of the hotel to reach the cairn.
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