Cairn de Ri Cruin

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Le cairn de Ri Cruin est une tombe datant de l'Âge du bronze ancien. Il est situé à Kilmartin Glen, dans la région écossaise d'Argyll and Bute.

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Temple Wood

Temple Wood is an ancient site located in Kilmartin Glen, near Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland. The site includes two circles. The southern circle contains a ring of 13 standing stones about 12 metres in diameter. In the past it may have had 22 stones. In the centre is a burial cist surrounded by a circle of stones about 3 metres in diameter. Other later burials are associated with the circle. According to the Historic Scotland information marker at the site, the southern circle's first incarnation may have been constructed around 3000 BC. The northern circle is smaller and consists of rounded river stones. In its centre is a single stone; another stone is found on the edge of the circle. This circle may have originated as a timber circle. The name of the site originates in the 19th century and has no relevance to the purpose of the site. It is located just south of the southern Nether Largie cairn. It is a designated scheduled monument.

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Ballymeanoch

Ballymeanoch is a complex of Neolithic structures located in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland. It includes an avenue of two rows of standing stones with 4 and 2 stones each, a stone circle, and a henge with a small burial cairn. According to the Historic Environment Scotland marker at the site, the circle and standing stones are the older structures and their construction dates back to over 4,000 years ago. The tallest stone is 4 metres height. The two middle stones of the four stone line are heavily carved with cup and ring marks. The complex is designated a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland. The structures are located on a privately owned sheep farm but can be accessed via a series of paths that run between fences. The site is adjacent to the Dunchraigaig cairn for which there is a car park along the road.

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Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod. The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead at Kilmory Castle, a 19th-century Gothic Revival building and estate. The current council leader is Councillor Jim Lynch. Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire.

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Kilmartin

Kilmartin is a small village in Argyll and Bute, western Scotland. It is best known as the centre of Kilmartin Glen, an area with one of the richest concentrations of prehistoric monuments and historical sites in Scotland. It contains over 800 monuments within a six-mile radius. It is home to Kilmartin Museum and the Kilmartin Hotel.

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Ardscotnish

Ardscotnish, also known as Ardskeodnish, is a former location, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland approximating to the present parish of Kilmartin.

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Historique

Le cairn de Ri Cruin fut découvert en 1830 et fouillé en 1870, 1929 et en 1936. Seuls des restes d'ossements incinérés furent découverts.

Description

Construit vers 2000 av. J.-C., le cairn de Ri Cruin ne comporte pas de chambre funéraire et n'a pas été recouvert, laissant ainsi apparaitre trois tombeaux massifs. Deux tombeaux sont situés dans le cairn même et le troisième est un peu à l'écart. La pierre située sur la face ouest du tombeau extérieur comporte sur sa face intérieure huit traces de coups de hache. Une gravure représentant un bateau ou une hallebarde a été détruite lors d'un incendie, mais un moulage en est conservé au Musée national d'Écosse à Édimbourg. La tombe la plus ancienne est située au centre, la tombe la plus éloignée est la plus récente. Le cairn a été en grande partie reconstitué. Il devait, à l'origine, mesurer 19 m de diamètre.

Alentours

Ce tombeau fait partie du site funéraire appelé « cimetière linéaire ». Il s'agit du tombeau situé à l'extrême sud du site. Les autres tombes sont les trois cairns de Nether Largie et le cairn de Glebe. Les cercles de pierre de Temple Wood font partie du même site.

Protection

Le cairn de Ri Cruin est géré par Historic Scotland.

Références

(nl) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en néerlandais intitulé « Ri Cruin Cairn » (voir la liste des auteurs).