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Latitude: 56.343 / 56°20'34"N
Longitude: -5.8442 / 5°50'39"W
OS Eastings: 162531
OS Northings: 723371
OS Grid: NM625233
Mapcode National: GBR CCYY.PTC
Mapcode Global: WGZFG.6T9S
Entry Name: Dunan Mor, cairn 80m SSW of
Scheduled Date: 4 February 2003
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM10660
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: kerb cairn
Location: Torosay
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Oban South and the Isles
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a grass-covered mound.
The monument is situated on a terrace overlooking the S side of the head of Loch Buie at about 20m OD. The grass-covered cairn measures about 9m in diameter and stands 0.4m in height. Several kerb stones are visible in situ around the perimeter of the mound, particularly around the western side. Some stones are also visible in the centre.
Cairns of this type are funerary monuments dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age (third or second millennium BC), and may be expected to contain material relating to their mode of construction and use.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to survive. It is circular in shape, with a diameter of 30m, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric funerary and ritual practices. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NM 62 SW 7.
Bibliography:
RCAHMS (1980) The Royal Commission of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 'Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona)'. Edinburgh, 58, No. 48.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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