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Image of Ballachulish House (Kerbed Cairn) by nickbrand

Looking across the cist and capstone

nickbrand Oct 20, 2003

The cist, complete with dislodged capstone

nickbrand Oct 20, 2003

Looking NNE across the cairn

nickbrand Oct 20, 2003

Looking north east to the cairn (between the trees...)

nickbrand Oct 20, 2003

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Ballachulish House

Kerbed Cairn

nickbrand Oct 20, 2003

Ask permission to visit this at the Golf Club, which lies just beside the wee road leading to Ballachulish House. This cairn is pretty rubbed out, and only a few of the kerb stones survive, but the cist is still in situ, with a slightly dislodged capstone. Apparently when excavated in 1972 no skeletal remains were found, though there was evidence of previous disturbance. Fragments of a food vessel found on the cist floor are in the National Museum of Scottish Antiquities.