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The facade stones of the narrow forecourt. The stone on the right is one of the portal stones of the axial chamber.

The two-compartment east lateral chamber. The excavators found a human skeleton in the inner compartment of this chamber.

Another view of the east lateral chamber.

W lateral chamber.

All three chambers.

N in foreground; E rear left; S rear right.

E chamber.

S chamber. See next image for comments on capstone.

The underside of the capstone of the S chamber. Removed for the excavation and temporarily placed this way awaiting the next season.

I’d say the holes are natural given the weathering generally on this stone.

Kerbstones in the W.

General view the showing the passage, the round cairn and some remaining cairn material.

Visited 19 February 2004

The passage/chamber and capstones.

Looking N into the chamber

Looking out (S) of the chamber.

General view.

Chamber and two adjacent stones

Capstone and orthostats at rear of chamber.

Another view of the rear.

Interior looking towards assumed entrance.

General view.

The NW (foreground) and NE chambers can be seen. The S chamber is opposite the NE chamber.

NW chamber

NW chamber. View under capstone.

NE chamber. Part of S chamber visible in foreground.

NE chamber. Capstone.

NE chamber. View under capstone.

S chamber

From SE

From E. Note stone in foreground which subdivides chamber.

From SW

Interior

Central area of the rock with a concentration of visible cup and ring markings.

General view of the rock.

View from the site.

The site is in the foreground. In the background is the Firth of Clyde and south Arran.

View from W showing sill stone referred to in notes below.

E chamber from NW

E chamber – interior

At a later visit in 1994, the original decorated stone had been removed but this cast was on display at Caernarfon Castle – presumably the cast now at the site.

This is the N side of the stone. The art continues over the top onto the S side – see next image.

S side of cast of decorated stone.

Standing stone, E wall of chamber and passage.

Passage looking to entrance.

This and the next five images are a sweep round the interior of the cairn from left to right as you enter.

This is the E chamber. There is art on the stone on the left (bottom right of stone – not visible here). The art on the backstone (stone 8) of the chamber is shown in more detail on the next image.