Achaleven

Nearest town:
Oban (7km WSW)
OS reference:
NM92103409
OS sheet:
49
Latitude:
56° 27' 10.76 N
Longitude:
5° 22' 26.75 W
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Image of Achaleven (Cairn(s)) by spencer

The S side… note the slightly dished top that indicates it’s been dug.

Image credit: Mike Purslow
spencer
spencer May 30, 2025
Image of Achaleven (Cairn(s)) by spencer

The first view of the cairn that you will see, in the distance to your left after taking the Achaleven road from the A82 and driving under the railway bridge. W side.

Image credit: Mike Purslow
spencer
spencer May 30, 2025

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Achaleven

spencer
spencer May 30, 2025

A glorious day, filling in time waiting for the Colonsay ferry departure from Oban, with the great Dun Chathach already under our belts. I was only using an old OS49 map and hadn’t referred to Canmore so it wasn’t initially easy to spot.. but once you do you can’t miss it. Just look for the only tree in the field to your left when you take the Achaleven road. It is atop it. In May this wild apple(?) was a delight. A fine sight. And a damn sight more easy to find than all those cairns and sites around North Connel which defeated me, being behind housing. A better map needed for those…

Miscellaneous

Achaleven
Cairn(s)
C
CARL Jun 21, 2012

Visited 27.5.12

Directions:
In a field next to a minor road running behind the back of some houses just off the A85 – to the east of Oban.

In a nutshell I couldn’t see any trace of it. Perhaps it has been ploughed out?

Canmore states:
‘This cairn stands in level pasture between the railway and Achaleven Road. It appears as a grass-covered stony mound measuring 16 by 14 metres, and is 1.25 metres in height. An electricity pole has been erected on its east perimeter’
RCAHMS 1975.

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