TY - JOUR AU - J Ritchie AU - Frances Lynch AU - Dorothy Marshall AU - Iain Thornber AU - Dorothy Lunt AU - Stephen Rees-Jones AU - Leslie Rymer AU - D Gray PY - 1977/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Small cairns in Argyll: some recent work JF - Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland JA - PSAS VL - 106 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.9750/PSAS.106.15.38 UR - http://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/psas/article/view/8911 AB - The first two authors report on the excavation of a series of cairns in the Aline Valley, Morvern: Acharn (NM 702504, NM 697507), Claggan (NM 697493) and Kinlochaline (NM 692474). The latter two sites belong to the kerb-cairn class of monument, and a discussion of kerb-cairns in Argyll, Perthshire, Aberdeenshire and N Wales is provided by Lynch and Ritchie. Charcoal associated with central cremation burials at Claggan gave radiocarbon dates centred on c 1000 bc. D N Marshall reports on the excavation of an allied monument at Portavadie, Cowal (NR 933691). An appendix records mesolithic sites with microburins and microliths at Acharn, Morvern (NM 697504). AR ER -