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Cairnholy II
Chambered cairn
NX 518 540  

This Clyde-type chambered cairn measures about 21m x 12m and is not as elaborate than the first tomb. There is no evidence of a façade, but an impressive 2.9m tall portal stone flanks the entrance, the second stone is broken. In front of the entrance there is a closing stone. The double chamber survives almost intact. It consists of slab-lined inner and outer compartments, a large capstone survives over the inner chamber.

Excavation in 1949 produced a leaf-shaped arrowhead, a flint knife and Beaker pottery. The finds are now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in Edinburgh.

From here Burl suggests you can walk to the two nearby circles but we found this route unclear so tried a different starting point. See Claughreid for details

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Feb 2002