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Submitted by caradoc68 on Sunday, 05 February 2012 Page Views: 2651

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clachadow
Country: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Oban Nearest Village: Taynuilt
Map Ref: NM93932806
Latitude: 56.399709N Longitude: 5.34088W
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:

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

5 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
0	No data.

4 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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**Clachadow** submitted by caradoc68 : I like this type of cairn. Has they have been picked for there place in the landscape, at the bottom of a glen near a river. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn in Argyll

Near the north bank of the River Lonan, are the remains of a cairn, now grass grown and measuring 18.3 metres in diameter and 1.9 metres in height. There is a shallow depression in the centre which contains, embedded in the turf, a flat slab measuring 1.22 by 0.76 metres and at least 0.15 metres in thickness. This slab was raised in the 1870s when it was confirmed as being the capstone of a cist which measured internally 0.91 by 0.50 and was 0.63 metres in depth. This cist was found to be filled with earth in which a few small fragments of human bone were found, but there were no grave goods of any kind.
RCAHMS 1975, visited 1969.
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NM9328 : Cairn, Glen Lonan by Peter Bond — by Peter Bond
©2008(licence)

NM9327 : River Lonan,looking towards Deadh Choimhead by Peter Bond — by Peter Bond
©2008(licence)

NM9327 : The River Lonan by M J Richardson — by M J Richardson
©2012(licence)

NM9328 : River Lonan from the road bridge by Peter Bond — by Peter Bond
©2011(licence)

NM9327 : The River Lonan by Nigel Brown — by Nigel Brown
©2017(licence)

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