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Latitude: 57.8451 / 57°50'42"N
Longitude: -7.0073 / 7°0'26"W
OS Eastings: 103000
OS Northings: 894952
OS Grid: NG030949
Mapcode National: GBR 972Z.Z1B
Mapcode Global: WGW2B.B2FQ
Entry Name: Borve Lodge,chambered cairn 400m W of
Scheduled Date: 6 April 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5355
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Harris
County: Na h-Eileanan Siar
Electoral Ward: Na Hearadh agus Ceann a Deas nan Loch
Traditional County: Inverness-shire
The monument consists of the remains of a chambered cairn of Neolithic date.
The remains of a turf-covered cairn are situated on the summit of a small hillock, 25m S of the coast and over 10m above sea level. The cairn is 22m in diameter. There is a rectangular setting of stones, probably the disrupted chamber set slightly to the S of the centre of the cairn. There are six stones in situ, four on the N side, one on
the W and one on the E. On the S side are two large fallen slabs, the larger, probably a displaced capstone, measures 1.8m by 1.9m.
The area to be scheduled is circular and has a maximum diameter of 40m to be centred on the cairn as indicated in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a good example of a burial structure built by a farming community during the Neolithic period (4500-2000BC). Although it has been disturbed it may still preserve buried deposits which may provide evidence through excavation for inhumation practices, tomb architecture and construction.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NG09SW 1.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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