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Latitude: 57.026 / 57°1'33"N
Longitude: -6.4136 / 6°24'49"W
OS Eastings: 132266
OS Northings: 801426
OS Grid: NG322014
Mapcode National: GBR BBK4.M23
Mapcode Global: WGY8R.GN3N
Entry Name: Guirdil,cairn 250m ENE of,Rum
Scheduled Date: 15 August 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6425
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Small Isles
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Caol and Mallaig
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument consists of a prehistoric cairn located on a knoll.
The cairn is around 9m in diameter and 0.4m in height. Two small later structures have been built out of cairn material, one on the edge of the cairn and the other a few metres to the NE.
The area to be scheduled measures 40m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the cairn may survive, as shown in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric religious beliefs and burial practices. Although disturbed by later use, it would appear that substantial remains of this cairn survive and such monuments are rare on Rum.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NG 30 SW 4.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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