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Latitude: 56.2991 / 56°17'56"N
Longitude: -6.3518 / 6°21'6"W
OS Eastings: 130877
OS Northings: 720359
OS Grid: NM308203
Mapcode National: GBR BDP2.CC0
Mapcode Global: WGYD8.DXKY
Entry Name: Knockvologan House, cairn 530m NW of
Scheduled Date: 29 May 2003
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM10669
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon
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 stony mound. Cairns of this type are funerary monuments dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age (third or second millennium BC), and may be expected to contain material relating to their mode of construction and use.
The monument is situated on a slight knoll at about 10m OD, in a prominent position overlooking the N entrance to the Sound of Erraid, some 530m NW of Knockvologan House. The cairn comprises a substantial, roughly oval, grass-covered stony mound, measuring about 16.5m by 14.5m across and standing 1m high. The interior appears to have been disturbed by stone-robbing.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material is likely to survive. It is sub-circular in shape, with maximum dimensions of 38m N-S by 37m E-W, centred on the cairn, 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 NM32SW 8.
References:
RCAHMS (1980a) ARGYLL: AN INVENTORY OF THE MONUMENTS VOLUME 3: MULL, TIREE, COLL AND NORTHERN ARGYLL (EXCLUDING THE EARLY MEDIEVAL AND LATER MONUMENTS OF IONA), Edinburgh: HMSO, 58, No. 47.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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