Cairn, Caolas
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Inner Hebrides Archaeological Project – Tiree Mounds Geophysical and field surveys Darko Maričević, University of Reading
NM 0780 4868 Druim nan Caorach, Caolas
Small burial mound with robbed out dry stone cist near the highest point of the public road at Caolas and 200m NE from the standing stone NM04NE 14. The cist is N–S orientated and measures 1.3 x 1.0 m. Rough courses of dry stone masonry are clearly visible in the interior, but the way in which it was capped is more difficult to discern. If the size of the nearby disturbed slabs is representative of the roof material, then the roof must have been corbelled.
Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 2009, 51–2.
NM 0780 4868 Druim nan Caorach, Caolas
Small burial mound with robbed out dry stone cist near the highest point of the public road at Caolas and 200m NE from the standing stone NM04NE 14. The cist is N–S orientated and measures 1.3 x 1.0 m. Rough courses of dry stone masonry are clearly visible in the interior, but the way in which it was capped is more difficult to discern. If the size of the nearby disturbed slabs is representative of the roof material, then the roof must have been corbelled.
Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 2009, 51–2.
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