Kinerarach Cist

Nearest town:
Campbeltown (33km SSE)
OS reference:
NR6634553636
OS sheet:
62
Latitude:
55° 43' 10.94 N
Longitude:
5° 43' 15.05 W
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Image of Kinerarach Cist by drewbhoy

Look closely you see the end stone. In the murk, a fish farm.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 12, 2025
Image of Kinerarach Cist by drewbhoy

The cist cover is held up by the north east stone, another stone lies beneath.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 12, 2025
Image of Kinerarach Cist by drewbhoy

The stone on the deck is probably one of the stone coffin end stones.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 12, 2025
Image of Kinerarach Cist by drewbhoy

If taking the path to Carn Ban, this is to north of it and in the mound pictured. The cist re-found and a now an accurate grid ref :-)

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 12, 2025

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Kinerarach Cist

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jun 5, 2026

On retracing my steps downhill from the cairn at Cnoc Nan Gobhar, I headed east towards Carn Ban hoping to find a cist or two along the way. I’d spied a few fern covered mounds from the top of Gobhar, slightly to the north of the path.

Luck and more curiosity (after searching several of these fern covered hillocks) was on my side and I found a cist situated at NR6634553636. The top covering stone measures at over 1.5m in length, two side slabs hold it up or stop it from being pushed over, the end slabs can also be seen. Seems weird that this might have been dislodged by agricultural purposes. However, it has done better than another nearby cist – it has vanished altogether.

It wouldn’t be the biggest surprise to learn if there are any more sites are hidden beneath the vegetation. A job for another day.

Visited 04/08/2025.

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