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Latitude: 55.4882 / 55°29'17"N
Longitude: -5.1815 / 5°10'53"W
OS Eastings: 199091
OS Northings: 626201
OS Grid: NR990262
Mapcode National: GBR FGL6.FCL
Mapcode Global: WH1N9.CBV0
Entry Name: Carn Ban,chambered cairn,Arran
Scheduled Date: 28 June 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM90051
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Kilmory
County: North Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Ardrossan and Arran
Traditional County: Buteshire
The monument comprises a neolithic long chambered cairn of the Clyde Group which is situated well inland on sloping ground to the E of the Allt an t-Sluice burn. It is now sited within a forestry clearing and
is accessible from a well signposted forestry walk.
Roughly rectangular on plan, the cairn measures about 30.5m by 18m. At its uphill (NE) end is a semi-circular forecourt (10.3m wide and 6m deep) with square-ended horns; some of the facing stones are visible. The height of the cairn declines from 4.5m at the downhill end to being almost flush with the ground at the uphill end.
The NE chamber (now covered) measures 5.7m and is divided into four compartments (excavated in 1902). Finds included worked stone artefacts and small fragments of burnt and unburnt bone. Several exposed stones at the SW end suggest the presence of a second chamber at the opposite end.
The area to be scheduled measures 70m from NE to SW by 45m
transversely, to include the cairn and an area around in which associated remains may survive, as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it represents the exceptionally well preserved remains of a classic Neolithic tomb, which unlike most of the contemporary monuments in Arran is sited well inland. Largely unexcavated, the monument has the potential to provide information about Neolithic funerary and ritual practice, whilst contributing to a wider understanding of the development of prehistoric society in Arran in particular and in Scotland as a whole.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NR 92 NE 1.
References:
Balfour, J. A. (ed.) (1910) The book of Arran, vol. 1, [Glasgow] 141.
Bryce, T. H. (1903) 'On the cairns of Arran: a records of further explorations during the season of 1902', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol. 37, 36, 44.
Henshall, A. S. (1972) The chambered tombs of Scotland, vol. 2, Edinburgh, 381-3.
Ordnance Survey (1856) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey, Book No. 3, 156.
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Carn Ban Long Cairn
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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