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Latitude: 56.1883 / 56°11'17"N
Longitude: -4.3144 / 4°18'51"W
OS Eastings: 256465
OS Northings: 701925
OS Grid: NN564019
Mapcode National: GBR 0X.G2QJ
Mapcode Global: WH3MH.PQQC
Entry Name: Mondowie, ring cairn 350m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 30 September 1997
Last Amended: 3 March 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6960
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: ring cairn
Location: Port Of Menteith
County: Stirling
Electoral Ward: Trossachs and Teith
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument comprises the remains of a ring cairn of prehistoric date surviving as a grassed-over stony mound. The monument was first scheduled in 1997, but a recent detailed survey of the area has shown that the area scheduled was inaccurate. The present rescheduling rectifies this.
The monument lies on rough pasture at around 170m OD, commanding extensive views over the Lake of Menteith to the S. It comprises a cairn of large boulders approximately 16m in diameter by around 1.6m high, further heightened by later accumulations of field clearance stones. A kerb is visible along the NW and S sides. The monument is characteristic of a type of burial monument dating to the Bronze Age.
The area to be scheduled encompasses the cairn and an area around it in which traces of associated activity may be expected to survive. It is circular with a diameter of 45m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric ritual and funerary practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NN 50 SE 34.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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