Achnacreebeag

Achnacreebeag in Ormsaigmore near Tobermory, north of Kilchoan Bay in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, is a two-phase cairn excavated between 1968 and 1970 with two distinct chambers. Originally, the round cairn covered the only central, polygonal chamber. Later, a small passage tomb with a polygonal plan was added to the southeastern edge of the hill and the cairn was extended to its present oval shape. Both chambers are unusual for the region in every respect.
The original chamber at the edge of the hill measures 0.9 m × 1.25 m with a height of about one meter. The chamber is formed by five supporting stones. A gap between two of the stones forms the original entrance, into a kind of antechamber or a short corridor, which was no longer in function as soon as the cairn was built, especially since there is no evidence of a passage through the cairn material. The burial mound was stripped of many of its stones. A tiny "secondary chamber" lies in the center of the hill. Surviving kerbs of the mound show in two places that the cairn had a diameter of about 18 m.

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