Clach na Tiompan
Clach na Tiompan (also Clach-Na-Tiom-Pan; Clach Na Tiom-Pan; or Clach Na Tiompamn) are the remains of a cairn of the Clyde Tomb type in Glen Almond, northwest of Gilmerton in Perth and Kinross in Scotland .
The north-west-south-east oriented trapezoidal stone mound, excavated in 1954, is about 57.0 m long, 12.0 m × 6.5 m wide (at the round end) and 1.5 m high at the highest point. There are no axial chambers or a facade, but there were four lateral chambers accessible from the southwestern side. Three chambers are clearly recognizable, the fourth, still recognizable in 1910, has now been destroyed.
The protected cairn was apparently severely decimated in connection with the construction of the road.
The remains of a small circle of menhirs surround a small pile of stones. A few hundred meters northwest on the River Almond are the remains of another stone circle.
literature
- Andrew Selkirk: Chambered Tombs in Scotland. In: Current Archeology. Vol. 3, No. 11, 1972, ISSN 0011-3212 , pp. 301-313, here pp. 304-305.
- Audrey Shore Henshall: The chambered tombs of Scotland. Volume 2. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1972, ISBN 0-85224-190-9 , pp. 468-472.
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Coordinates: 56 ° 28'26.3 " N , 3 ° 54'7.4" W.