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MHG64197 - Coffin cairn - Glenuig, Arisaig

Summary

Marked the resting places for funeral corteges en route to the burial ground on Eilean Fhianain (St. Finnan's Isle) .

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An archaeological assessment was carried out by J G Robertson in 1996 as part of an environmental impact assessment for a proposed Woodland Grant Scheme application. The assessment consisted largely of the detailed study of a single 1988 aerial photograph.

Site 20: Coffin cairns. Two cairns, just outside the WGS area. These marked the resting places for funeral corteges en route to the burial ground on Eilean Fhianain (St. Finnan's Isle), Loch Shiel. Between the two cairns, the modern road (and the WGS boundary) lies on the site of the old coffin track, which diverges from the modern road beyond the northern cairn.
Refs: Marked on OS Map.
Exploring Sunart. Ardnamurchan. Moidart and Morar, p30
Recommendation: These are outside the area and should not be at risk, though the southern cairn lies near a proposed gate into the WGS enclosure. <1>

A follow-up full walkover survey was conducted by Wordsworth Archaeological Services in 1996.

Site No: 20
NGR: North cairn NM 6695 7533
Site name: Bealach Carach
Description: Resting cairns as previously described and lying outside the WGS area.
Recommendation: No special protection should be required for these featur. <2>

Note: Site not visible on aerial photographs so location based on grid coordinates. See MHG29231 for south cairn. (TB 14/5/25)

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Grid reference	Centred NM 6694 7533 (29m by 29m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	NM67NE
Civil Parish	ARISAIG AND MOIDART
Geographical Area	LOCHABER

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