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Latitude: 56.5804 / 56°34'49"N
Longitude: -6.178 / 6°10'40"W
OS Eastings: 143527
OS Northings: 750976
OS Grid: NM435509
Mapcode National: GBR CC4B.6YM
Mapcode Global: WGZD4.2VCR
Entry Name: Aintuim, cairn 390m SW of
Scheduled Date: 30 January 2003
Last Amended: 11 December 2019
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM10560
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Kilninian and Kilmore
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. Roughly circular on plan and almost entirely grass-covered, the cairn measures 8.5m in diameter and stands 1m high. It has been damaged by stone-robbing on the NE perimeter, and a depression in the centre, 0.4m deep, may also signify disturbance. The monument is located on the summit of a rounded hillock about 8m in height and overlooks the flood-plain of the River Bellart.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material is likely to survive. It is circular in shape with a diameter of 10m, 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
Historic Environment Scotland http://www.canmore.org.uk reference number CANMORE ID 22104
RCAHMS (1980) The Royal Commission on 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, 50, No. 9.
Canmore
https://canmore.org.uk/site/22104/
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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