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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BallachragganCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Callander
Map Ref: NN68050650
Latitude: 56.232676N Longitude: 4.130194W
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| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
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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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Chambered Cairn in Perth and Kinross
This chambered cairn is dated as Neolithic. The entry for this site can be found on Canmore ID 73674. Their report from 1992 tells us: "The badly disturbed remains of what is probably a Clyde type chambered cairn are situated on the crest of a ridge, but below its highest point, some 350m ENE of Ballachraggan farmsteading. Oval on plan, the mound now measures 30m from NNW to SSE and tapers in width from 23.5m on the SSE to 18.5m on the NNW; originally, however, the cairn may have been trapezoidal in plan and have extended further to the NNW. Towards the NNW end of the mound there are two approximately aligned settings of upright stones which may either represent the remains of two chambers, each entered from opposite sides of the cairn, or fragments of a single long chamber. The side-slabs rise to a maximum height of 1m above the floor of the chamber. To the S of the centre of the mound there is a quartz slab marking the site of a modern cremation deposit (the father of the present farmer). A modern plough scar skirts the NW arc of the mound."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) gives excellent direction on how to find this site, together with photographs of the tomb mound, the fairy mound to the rear and one of the main chambers, together with the archaeology and history of the site. See Ballachraggan, Callander, Perthshire.
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