What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Kerrera, Mount Pleasant as Barrow (viking)(possible), Sword(s) (viking). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Viking burial barrow, possibly 9th to 11th century AD; significant as a potential marker of Norse presence on Kerrera. The association with Viking swords adds to its importance in understanding early medieval maritime and military activity in the region.
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Places near here
Mount PleasantNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 80 yd
Kerrera, Mount PleasantHouse (post Medieval) · 95 yd
Kerrera, ArdantriveFarmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval) · 296 yd
Ardantrive BayBay · 459 yd
KerreraFindspot (20th Century), Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead (flint)(prehistoric) · 554 yd
Oban, Town CentreGeneral View (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 855 yd
Rubh a' ChruidhIslet · 914 yd
Port a' BhearnaigBay · 929 yd
Viscount Kingarth: Oban Bay, Firth of LornSchooner (19th Century) · 957 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1301 yd
Pulpit HillMountain / peak · 1360 yd
DunollieCave (nil Antiquity), Human Remains (period Unknown) · 1656 yd