Suidhe Barrow

Nearest town:
Tobermory (36km NNE)
OS reference:
NM371219
OS sheet:
48
Latitude:
56° 18' 58.8 N
Longitude:
6° 15' 7.26 W
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Image of Suidhe Barrow (Burial Chamber) by Sarcassy

This image shows the standing stones in relation to the barrow

Image credit: sarcassy
Sarcassy
Sarcassy May 29, 2005

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Suidhe Barrow

Sarcassy
Sarcassy May 29, 2005

The barrow, now covered in grass, measures 22m by 19m and stands to a height of 1m, with a slightly hollowed centre. There is one large intact capstone supported by two larger and a number of smaller rocks at the entrance and although I have tried to research as to whether this burial chamber has ever been excavated it remains unsure but I do have a feeling it hasn’t. Whilst there I felt the peace of the location and questions ran through my mind as I sat on the hill overlooking the site, here I pondered whether the ancient Britons mourned or grieved the passing of their dead and did they sit in the spot I was sitting and look out over to Colonsay to the South as I was doing and breath in the vibrant air around reflecting on the dead, or did they celebrate on the hill, joyous in the life cycles around. Will we ever know?

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