Monument record 2043 - CARNAN, MINGULAY

NL58SE 84 552 830

MY241: NL 5531 8310
MY242: NL 5535 8308
MY243: NL 5527 8307
MY244: NL 5523 8305
MY245: NL 5521 8302
A group of small grassy mounds, averaging 2-3m in diameter and up to 1m in height. They may be natural post-glacial deposits, but their location and grouping suggests otherwise. They are aprt of a group of over 40 mounds (the rest outside the 50m corridor) that stretch from the summit of Carnan down the western slope to the cliff edge. Believed to be ancient burial cairns.
NMRS, MS/595/11.

MY241 (NL55308310) Mound.
Location: Cliff edge.
Description: Circular, 2.5 m diam., grassy stone-free mound.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 114

MY242 (NL55318307) Cairn.
Location: Cliff edge.
Description: Circular, 2.5 m diam., grassy mound with a few stones set on a platform.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 114

MY243 (NL55258306) Mound.
Location: Cliff edge.
Description: Circular, 3 m diam., grassy stone-free mound.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 114

MY244 (NL55228304) Mound.
Location: Cliff edge.
Description: Circular, 3 m diam., grassy stone-free mound.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 114

MY245 (NL55208320) Mound.
Location: Shelving coastal upper hill-slope.
Description: Circular, 2 m diam., grassy stone-free mound.
Brannigan and Foster 2000, 114

Keith Branigan & Patrick Foster, 2000, From Barra to Berneray: Archaeological Survey and Excavation in the Southern Isles ... (Bibliographic reference). SWE41033.