East Tarbert

Nearest town:
Campbeltown (32km SE)
OS reference:
NR65655245
OS sheet:
62
Latitude:
55° 42' 31.45 N
Longitude:
5° 43' 51.15 W
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Image of East Tarbert (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The north side of the smaller cairn, decent footprint, decent amount of all sorts of jabby stuff as well.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 26, 2025
Image of East Tarbert (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Both cairns, Gigha very rural place, almost NE of Scotland, with all of the cows and sheep.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 26, 2025
Image of East Tarbert (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

NR6559652426, looking towards Gigha’s point Creag Bhan.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 15, 2025
Image of East Tarbert (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The north side, looking towards the mainland, of NR65596 52426.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 15, 2025
Image of East Tarbert (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The larger of the 2 cairns, NR65596 52426, west side looking north east.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 15, 2025
Image of East Tarbert (Cairn(s)) by spencer

This, which I think is another probable cairn, overlooks the two cairns on a bluff a hundred yards north, to the east of the road. It would be a skyline feature discernable from the mainland.

Image credit: Mike Purslow
spencer
spencer May 28, 2025
Image of East Tarbert (Cairn(s)) by spencer

The two cairns with East Tarbert Bay beyond, and beyond that the Sound of Gigha and the Kintyre mainland. A twenty minute ferry trip from Tayinloan to another world: Colonsay in miniature.

Image credit: Mike Purslow
spencer
spencer May 27, 2025

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East Tarbert

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 15, 2026

Walk the short distance north from the standing stone at Carragh an Tarbert, keeping an eye west of the road you’ll see two cairns, 1 large and 1 slightly smaller. Despite being covered in vegetation they are recognisable as cairns.

NR65596 52426 is the larger of the two cairns being over 10m in width and approximately 1.5m tall.

NR6557952432, the smaller cairn is slightly over 7m in width and over 1m in height.

A very rural looking setting.

Visited 06/08/2025.

East Tarbert

spencer
spencer May 28, 2025

Drive north a short distance from Carragh an Tarbert stone and you will come to a sharp left bend in the road. If you can force yourself to look left towards the Paps of Jura you will see these in the foreground. As with so many of the sites on Gigha if you visit the island later than the start of May you will find them already covered with the annual vegetation.

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