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Carn Ban, Arran

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59: 75: 82: 243:, about 3 mi (5 km) to the southwest. The chamber of Carn Ban is 30 metres long and 18 metres broad. The tomb was excavated in the late 19th century, but the only finds were a flint flake, an unburnt fragment of human bone, and a 239:. It is trapezoidal in shape, with a semicircular forecourt at the upper northeast end. The forecourt has an entrance leading into a long chamber divided into compartments by cross-slabs, similar to the arrangement at 377: 382: 232:, and a walk of 4 miles (6 kilometres) is required to reach the site. It is on a steep south-west facing slope in a forest clearing partly covered in grass. 235:
It is considered as one of the most famous of the Neolithic long cairns of south-west Scotland. It is of a type found across south-west Scotland known as a
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55°29′17″N 5°10′53″W / 55.488061°N 5.181281°W / 55.488061; -5.181281

Carn Ban, Arran is located in North Ayrshire
Isle of Arran
Isle of Arran
55°29′17″N 5°10′53″W / 55.488061°N 5.181281°W / 55.488061; -5.181281
Neolithic
Historic Scotland
Neolithic
Isle of Arran
Scotland
grid reference
NR99102618
Arran
Clyde cairn
Torrylin Cairn
pitchstone
scheduled ancient monument
Historic Environment Scotland






Carn Ban



Historic Environment Scotland

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