Cairn by Baroile
The Cairn of Baroile is a Clyde Tomb in the Rhudil Burn Valley, a tributary of the Kilmartin Valley ( Scotland ). It is located on a low knoll east of the A816 , about 650 m northeast of the Rhudil mill. The oval grass-covered stone mound measures around 26 m × 24 m and is still one meter high in the south. The facade of the Clyde Tomb lies to the northeast and is now ten meters from the northern edge of the flowing Cairns.
description
The approximately 7.5 m wide, slightly shifted facade still consists of four upright stones and the stump of a fifth. The western facade stone is 1.55 m high. The easternmost facade stone is 1.1 m high and the eastern stone of the entrance is only 0.4 m high. Behind the western access stone, which is 1.25 m high, there is a second 0.8 m high stone. It forms part of a double portal whose parallel on the east side is missing. To the west of the western portal stone, roughly at lawn level, is the stump of a 0.9 m long 0.1 m thick slab. The gap between the central portal stones opens to the approximately 3.5 m × 0.8 m large, inside up to 0.85 m high chamber. It consists of two departments, the axes of which differ slightly. A transverse slab 0.3 m long and 0.1 m thick, barely visible above the lawn, divides the areas. The west side of the outer chamber is missing, the east side plate is 1.75 m long, preserved up to a height of 0.5 m and overlaps the adjoining stone like a roof tile. This stone forms the east side of the inner chamber, which measures 1.85 mx 0.85 m. With a height of 0.55 m, the end plate is lower than the side plate. In the north-west of the Cairns, partly buried by the hill, lie two large plates.
The excavation carried out in 1929 did not reveal any findings.
literature
- The Royal Commission on the Ancient and historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS): ARGYLL, Volume 6 Kilmartin 1999. ISBN 1-902419-03-0
Web links
- Baroile Chambered Cairn The Modern Antiquarian
- Description Engl.
Coordinates: 56 ° 6 '9.6 " N , 5 ° 27' 44.7" W.