Visited 08.10.26
Knockan W Chambered Cairn is located c. 50m N of the A835 at the W edge of Elphin, a small settlement in the Highlands. The ruined cairn lies down a steep N slope from the A835 in rough pasture. It is easily identified by a telegraph pole supplanted on the N arc of the cairn.
trove.scot 4638 states that Knockan W Chambered Cairn survives “as a turf-covered mound of debris truncated on all sides by late agriculture and its original size is conjectural. It is now roughly oval measuring 15.0m NE-SW by 10.0m and 1.5m maximum height.” There is a ruined chamber in the centre of the cairn orientated ESE-WNW, measuring c. 1.8m long and 1.2m broad. Two stones remain in situ on the N side of the chamber: a upright triangular slab measuring c. 0.75m high by 0.75m long by 0.3m broad and a moss covered recumbent slab measuring c. 0.75m long by 0.6m broad by 0.3m high. A hollow containing scattered medium sizes stones is located c. 5m E of the central chamber.