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Ballymeanoch Barrow (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — Fieldnotes

To my complete surprise I spied a barrow, almost next to the A816. It must have been huge in its original condition as it still is 30m wide and still has a height of over 1m. As usual, field clearance has been dumped on top.

Not much to see, the site is grass covered, I found the site fascinating, so fascinating I jumped the dyke and walked back to Kilmartin to catch up with A & B. I'd forgotten about the henge, I'll visit that in 2024.

Yet another part of the jigsaw.

Visited 04/04/2023.
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
10th July 2023ce

Ballymeanoch Cairn (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes

Next to the stone row is an excellent wee kerb cairn, with some decent kerbs or teeth (as I call them) in the place. Yet again, my thoughts travelled to another place in Scotland, this time to Aberdeenshire, where I live, and the excellent Clune Recumbent Stone Circle. (T also mentioned this as in Temple Wood)

The RSC has a decent kerb cairn next door, just like here, it also has a very decent boulder cairn reasonably close, about the same distance to my next stop - the lesser spotted barrow.

Visited 04/04/2023.
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
10th July 2023ce

Ballymeanoch Barrow (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) — Images (click to view fullsize)

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27th April 2023ce

Ballymeanoch Cairn (Cairn(s)) — Images

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