Airidh na h-aon Oidche
The chamber tomb ( English Chambered cairn ) of Airidh na h-aon Oidche is located in Balivanich ( Scottish Gaelic Baile a Mhanaich ) in the center of the Hebridean island of Benbecula in Scotland .
Airidh na h-aon Oidche is an oval cairn about 17.1 by 14.1 m, which is up to 3.3 high in the northern half. A lower part in the southwest extends for a further 19.0 meters, giving the monument a total length of 34.5 meters. Stone material also extends for another 4.5 m on the steep northeast edge of the Cairn. The foundations of a small chamber with a diameter of about 3.0 m are located at the transition to the main hill. The entrance seems to have been in the west. In the tangle of stones, two walls can be seen extending radially from the hill. Since they have no relation to the axis of the cairn, they could be the insides of a pair of horns. There were several Shielings in and around the cairn built in, which made its shape uneven.
The chamber grave of Stiaraval is about 490 m to the west .
literature
- AS Henshall: The chambered tombs of Scotland , vol. 2. Edinburgh 1972 p. 495,
- R. Miller: Land use by summer sheilings , Scot Stud, vol. 11, 1967 p. 214
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie : Scotland. To Oxford Archaeological Guide . Oxford Archaeological Guides, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998 ISBN 0-19-288002-0
Web links
- Entry on Airidh na h-aon Oidche in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
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Coordinates: 57 ° 27 '2.4 " N , 7 ° 18' 31.1" W.