<< Our Photo Pages >> Ardchonnell - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Argyll
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: ArdchonnellCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead Nearest Village: Ford
Map Ref: NM99321275
Latitude: 56.264703N Longitude: 5.242022W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Its length is about 33 metres and the breadth decreases from about 19 metres at the NE end to about 12 metres at the SW end where the cairn has been considerably disturbed and is traversed by a modern stone wall. At the broader end of the cairn are the substantial remains of a burial chamber, which measures 3.7 metres in overall length and 0.8 metres in maximum breadth. It is entered between a pair of portal stones, 0.5 metres apart, and through a short antechamber with two flanking slabs at an angle to the passage.
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