A big slab of a stone. It’s close to the road and in a field next to Land Rover off roading tracks.
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October 23, 2026
Summit of Loynmore E Cairn viewed from E. (07.10.26)
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Scattered Stones on NW Perimeter of Loynmore E Cairn. (07.10.26)
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Visited 07.10.26
Loynemore E Cairn is located in boggy moorland, c. 0.7 km E of the A837, c. 1.4 miles N of the A835/A837 junction at Ledmore, a small settlement in the Highlands. It is constructed on a SW slope c. 80m above the A837. Loynemore E Cairn “measures approximately 13.5m E-W by 12.0m transversely and is 1.2m high” according to trove.scot 4624. The NE half of the mound is covered in rough grass: the SW half of the mound is covered in scattered stones on rough grass. There is a subcircular scatter of small cairn stones measuring c. 4m in diameter outside the NW perimeter.
Loynemore E Cairn is situated c. 0.5 km E of Loynemore W Cairn.
Visited 07.10.26
Loynmore W Cairn is located in moorland c. 150m E of the A837, c. 1.5 miles N of the A835/A837 junction at Ledmore, a small settlement in the Highlands. At least 7 large kerb stones remain on the NW-E arc of the round cairn. Loynmore W Cairn is a grassy mound measuring c. 16m in diameter and 1.3m high according to trove.scot 4628. There is a grassy rectangular hollow in the centre of the mound, measuring c. 1.8m E-W and 1m transversely. It may be the remains of a robbed out chamber.
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