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Salachail,cairn 460m north east of

A Scheduled Monument in Oban North and Lorn, Argyll and Bute

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.6141 / 56°36'50"N

Longitude: -5.1637 / 5°9'49"W

OS Eastings: 205961

OS Northings: 751392

OS Grid: NN059513

Mapcode National: GBR FCM7.HJR

Mapcode Global: WH1GW.N0BW

Entry Name: Salachail,cairn 460m NE of

Scheduled Date: 16 June 1966

Last Amended: 16 November 1976

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM2541

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)

Location: Lismore and Appin

County: Argyll and Bute

Electoral Ward: Oban North and Lorn

Traditional County: Argyllshire

Description

H K Bromhead, 1871. 3-storey symmetrical classical

halls with modern shops, 14-bay street facade. Ashlar.

2-bay central entrance with consoled entablature

supporting timber blocks with paterae supports

surmounted by carved crown. Windows mainly sash and case

with plate glass, in simple architraves; 1st floor

windows consoled cornices with recessed frieze

and dentils; 2nd floor dentilled cornices and bracketted

cills. Entablature with lettering in frieze and

modillion cornice.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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