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Mid-Argyll - 23
Nether Largie Mid

Site/Artefact Nether Largie Mid Type Round cairn Site Number 23 National Grid Reference x1830 East 6983 North Map ( 1:25000) Ordnance Survey Landranger 55 List of Sites and Artefacts Click Here Interactive Map Click Here

Excavation Details
Excavations here in 1929 revealed two empty cists. One cist's end-slabs had a cup-mark and axe carving. The side slabs of the other cist were grooved to receive the end slabs. A further slab bore 5 cup-marks. A platform of stones, some kerb stones and the axe-marked cist are still visible. No burial remains or grave goods were found.

Description
This cairn lies 150m away from Nether Largie North cairn. It measures about 30m in diameter and has several kerbstones. It contains two cists, one of which is visible near the edge of the cairn. This has a massive triangular capstone, and a cupmark and axehead decorate one of the interior slabs. Another slab with cupmarks lies nearby.

A constituent part of the extended monument of the linear cemetery. This picture shows the denuded state of this cairn, which until the 1920s was 3m high. The circular outer boundary is a modern fence while the inner circle is the remains of a stone kerb.

Access/Ownership
The site is owned by Historic Scotland and is open to the public.

References

• Campbell & Sandeman, 17, no.113; 34, no.243; 38, no.269
• RCAHMS Argyll vol. 6 no. 68
• PSAS 64 (1929-30) p127-30
• PSAS 95 (1961-2) p17 no. 113, p34 no. 243, p38 no. 269

Mid-Argyll Sites and Artefacts

1. Kilmory Oib  2. Druim an Dúin  3. Duntroon  4. Dún Ardifur 1  5. Eilean Rígh 1  6. Dún Chonaillach  7. Loch Awe Crannogs  8. Torran Hoard  9. Dún na Nighinne 10. Kilmartin Parish Church 11. Temple Wood Stone Circles 12. Ogham stone, Poltalloch 13. Barnakil Cross 14. Kilbride Chapel 15. Kilbride Crosses 16. Dunadd Fort 17. In Nomine disk 18. Brooch Moulds 19. Dunadd cross-marked quern 20. Loch Glashan Crannog 21. Glebe Cairn

22. Nether Largie North 23. Nether Largie Mid 24. Nether Largie South 25. Ri Cruin 26. Nether Largie 27. Ballymeanoch - Stones 28. Ballymeanoch - Henge 29. Ballymeanoch - Cairn 30. Dunchragaig 31. Baluachraig 32. Carnassarie Castle 33. BallymeanocH - Barrow 34. Dun Mac Samhainn 35. Glenmoine, Upper Largie 36. Creag a' Mhadaidh 37. Carnassarie - Round Cairn 38. Carnasserie - Standing Stones 39. Carnasserie - Cist 40. Carnasserie Cottage 41. Upper Largie - Cist 42. Upper Largie - Rock Carvings

43. Nether Largie 44. Poltalloch - Cist 45. Poltalloch - cists 46. Bruach an Druimein 47. Dunchraigaig - Dun 48. Poltalloch - Round Cairn 49. Rownfield - Cist 50. Ballymeanoch - Cist 51. Poltalloch - Cists 52. Ballymeanoch - Dun 53. Dunadd - Standing Stones 54. Dunadd - Standing Stone 55. Baile Mor - Dun 56. Anaskeog - Rock Carvings 57. Bariole 58. Rhudil - Round Cairn 1 59. Rhudil - Round Cairn 2 60. Kilmartin Castle 61. Slockavullin 62. Rowanfield - Standing Stone 63. Poltalloch - Cremation

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