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Latitude: 55.3751 / 55°22'30"N
Longitude: -5.6911 / 5°41'27"W
OS Eastings: 166242
OS Northings: 615217
OS Grid: NR662152
Mapcode National: IRL XF.H226
Mapcode Global: GBR DGBH.MZJ
Entry Name: Lochorodale,long cairn 505m SW of
Scheduled Date: 9 April 1975
Last Amended: 21 June 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3654
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Campbeltown
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: South Kintyre
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a chambered long cairn of the Clyde Group which is situated across the slope of a hillside.
The cairn is aligned E-W, with the facade, of which three large upright stones are visible, at its W end. Only two stones of the chamber are visible. The cairn body is up to 23m long and stands up to 1.8m high at the SE corner.
The area to be scheduled measures 70m from SW to NE by 45m
transversely, to include the cairn and an area around in which associated remains are likely to survive, as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it has the potential to provide information about Neolithic burial practice, and is part of a small group of similar and related ritual monuments. The old ground surface, beneath the cairn, has the potential to provide environmental evidence about the nature of the surrounding landscape at the time the cairn was built.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS record the site as NR61NE 4.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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