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Latitude: 55.4765 / 55°28'35"N
Longitude: -5.0979 / 5°5'52"W
OS Eastings: 204311
OS Northings: 624663
OS Grid: NS043246
Mapcode National: GBR FGS7.HM0
Mapcode Global: WH1NB.NLMZ
Entry Name: Giants' Graves, long cairns, Whiting Bay, Arran
Scheduled Date: 29 July 1953
Last Amended: 31 August 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM398
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Kilbride
County: North Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Ardrossan and Arran
Traditional County: Buteshire
The monument comprises two chambered Clyde type long cairns of the neolithic period, some 4500 to 5500 years old. The northern cairn measures about 20m wide and 35m long (N-S), and is a maximum of 1.5m high. There is a large, well preserved chamber at the S end. There is a smaller chamber within the N end. This cairn was scheduled in 1953. Some 20m to the S lies the other cairn, which measures c 13m long (WNW-ESE) by 11m wide. A single chamber survives at the E end. Both cairns have been excavated to a limited extent but remain largely unexplored. The area to be scheduled, superseding the 1953 scheduled area, measures a maximum of 90m NNW-SSE by 50m transversely.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it represents the remains of two well preserved and substantial monuments which have the potential to provide information about Neolithic burial and ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is RCAHMS number NS 02 SW 2.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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