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Latitude: 55.9012 / 55°54'4"N
Longitude: -4.9614 / 4°57'41"W
OS Eastings: 214955
OS Northings: 671532
OS Grid: NS149715
Mapcode National: GBR GF43.L56
Mapcode Global: WH2MD.RXMX
Entry Name: Creag Bhreac,cairn 100m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 29 June 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5398
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Dunoon and Kilmun
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Dunoon
Traditional County: Argyllshire
This burial cairn is situated within a recent forestry clearing 100m to the ESE of Creag Bhreac, on the E flank of Cnoc Mhic Pharlain.
The cairn is crescentic on plan and measures 5m from E to W by 3.5m transversely, with a forecourt of six upright slabs (up to 0.6m high) opening onto the N.
The area to be scheduled is 45m in diameter, centered on the cairn, to include an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its as yet unique form and for its potential to contribute to our understanding of prehistoric burial practice of presumed late Neolithic/early Bronze Age date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS17SW 11.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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