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Latitude: 56.9742 / 56°58'27"N
Longitude: -6.3757 / 6°22'32"W
OS Eastings: 134200
OS Northings: 795522
OS Grid: NM342955
Mapcode National: GBR BBN8.SKZ
Mapcode Global: WGY8Z.1Y7V
Entry Name: Harris Lodge,cairn 550m ESE of,Rum
Scheduled Date: 5 March 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM6324
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Small Isles
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Caol and Mallaig
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument consists of a small oval cairn located on a raised beach.
The cairn is around 12m in diameter and 1m high. It is built of water-worn beach pebbles which are appreciably larger than the stones of the raised beach on which it is situated. The cairn has some turf-cover. On its S arc there are two large holes in the cairn material which suggest deliberate disturbance.
The area to be scheduled is a circle measuring 40m in diameter which is centred on the cairn and includes the cairn and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with its construction and use may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric religion and burial practices. It is a fairly substantial cairn and was probably used for burial purposes. Neolithic/Bronze Age monuments are very rare on Rum.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NM 39 NW 3.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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