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Latitude: 56.6385 / 56°38'18"N
Longitude: -3.8394 / 3°50'21"W
OS Eastings: 287284
OS Northings: 751146
OS Grid: NN872511
Mapcode National: GBR JCW5.J1D
Mapcode Global: WH5MW.0D0P
Entry Name: Tom of Cluny,chambered cairns 450m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 2 November 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6251
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Weem
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Highland
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises the remains of two chambered cairns of probable Neolithic date surviving as low stony mounds.
The monument lies at around 175m OD on a level plateau on a hillside overlooking Strathtay. The E cairn is represented by a low, flat-topped mound of large stones, some 18m in diameter and 1.2m in maximum height. Five protruding, edge-set slabs may represent the remains of a facade and disturbed chamber. Slightly to the W lies a second cairn some 17m in diameter, again with edge-set slabs suggesting the remains of a chamber. The cairns are overlain by the slight remains of a field wall.
The cairns appear to represent burial monuments of the Neolithic period. As such they form part of the wider landscape of funerary and ritual monuments dating to the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age which characterise this part of Strathtay.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the two cairns and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 60m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to add to our understanding of prehistoric funerary ritual. Both cairns may be expected to contain remains relating to their former funerary usage as well as detailed evidence for their construction. Their importance is greatly enhanced by their association with the wider prehistoric ritual landscape of Strathtay.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NN 85 SE 34.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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