Corrimony Cairn
Corrimony Cairn , in Glen Urquhart (or Glenurquhart) in the Scottish Highlands, is a well-preserved example of a Clava Cairn . Clava Cairns are a local form of end-Neolithic megalithic systems . Twelve of the approximately 50 known, artificial round hills are in the county of Inverness-shire .
description
The Clava Cairn of Corrimony lies on flat terrain in a valley near Cannich a few kilometers west of Loch Ness in a circle of eleven (of probably twelve) in situ , widely set menhirs . Corrimony was built according to the same plan as the Balnuaran of Clava, but has lost the curbs of its stone hill . The somewhat non-round chamber is about 3.5 m in diameter. The corridor, which is somewhat drawn in in the front (outer) part, is still partially covered. Despite the clearance in the 19th century, traces of a stool burial were found under the floor of the chamber in 1953.
- Corrimony Cairn
Ceiling in the hallway
The chamber
Information board
Scheme Clava Cairn
View from the chamber into the corridor
Outdoor area
Outdoor area
There is also a large slab on the hill that may have been the former lintel or the end slab of the corbelled vault . It is provided with around 20 cup-and-ring markings .
literature
- Jörg Lindenbeck: Investigations into late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age grave forms in south-west Scotland. In: Archaeological Information . Vol. 11, No. 2, 1988, pp. 228-232.
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. To Oxford archaeological Guide (= Oxford Archaeological Guides. ). Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-288002-0 .
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
Web links
- Brief description + picture
- Brief description + pictures
- Description Engl. + Pictures
- Entry on Corrimony Cairn in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 57 ° 20 ′ 4 " N , 4 ° 41 ′ 16.2" W.