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Latitude: 56.5287 / 56°31'43"N
Longitude: -4.1145 / 4°6'52"W
OS Eastings: 270033
OS Northings: 739412
OS Grid: NN700394
Mapcode National: GBR JC6G.J05
Mapcode Global: WH4M5.R5WB
Entry Name: Carn Ban,cairn,Ardtalnaig
Scheduled Date: 24 October 1995
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6238
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Kenmore
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Highland
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises a burial cairn of prehistoric date surviving as a partially tree-covered stony mound.
The monument lies in a fenced-off corner of an arable field some 120m from the SE shore of Loch Tay at around 120m OD. It comprises a substantial, stony cairn approximately 17m in diameter by about 2.5m high.
The cairn is characteristic of Bronze Age burial monuments and appears to be a well preserved and largely undisturbed example.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the visible remains and an area around them in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is sub-circular, bounded to the N and E by a stone wall, and has a maximum diameter of 40m as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices. In addition, the ground surface preserved below the cairn may be expected to contain material relating to the early prehistoric environment of the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NN 73 NW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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