What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ardnamurchan, Salen as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the Late Neolithic period (c. 2500–2000 BCE). It is significant as part of the broader pattern of megalithic funerary monuments in western Scotland.
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Places near here
Ardnamurchan, SalenPlatform (period Unassigned) · 220 yd
SalenPier (period Unassigned) · 335 yd
Ruighe A' PhollainTownship (period Unassigned) · 464 yd
Sailean Nan CuileagPlatform(s) (period Unassigned) · 1461 yd
Tom na h-EildeMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Cruach BhreacMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Loch SunartBay · 2.4 mi
Rubh' an t-SionnaichHeadland · 2.8 mi
Steallan DubhWaterfall · 3.2 mi
Eileanan nan GadIslet · 3.5 mi
Sgeir na Seamraig ÀirdIslet · 3.6 mi
Captain Robertson's CairnMemorial · 4.2 mi