Editing Chambered cairn (section)

===Clyde-Carlingford court cairns===
{{Main|Court cairn}}
[[File:Cairnholy2.JPG|right|thumb|200px|[[Cairnholy|Cairnholy II]] – a chambered cairn near [[Newton Stewart]].]]
The Clyde or Clyde-Carlingford type are principally found in northern and western [[Ireland]] and southwestern Scotland. They first were identified as a separate group in the [[Firth of Clyde]] region, hence the name. Over 100 have been identified in Scotland alone. Lacking a significant passage, they are a form of [[gallery grave]]. The burial chamber is normally located at one end of a rectangular or trapezoidal cairn, while a roofless, semi-circular forecourt at the entrance provided access from the outside (although the entrance itself was often blocked), and gives this type of chambered cairn its alternate name of [[Court tomb|court tomb or court cairn]]. These forecourts are typically fronted by large stones and it is thought the area in front of the cairn was used for public rituals of some kind. The chambers were created from large stones set on end, roofed with large flat stones and often sub-divided by slabs into small compartments. They are generally considered to be the earliest in Scotland.<ref>Noble (2006) pp. 104–105</ref>

Examples include [[Cairnholy|Cairn Holy I and Cairn Holy II]] near [[Newton Stewart]],<ref>Noble (2006) pp. 111–112</ref> a cairn at [[Port Charlotte, Islay|Port Charlotte]], [[Islay]], which dates to 3900–4000 BC,<ref name=N108>Noble (2006) p. 108</ref><ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/37313/details/islay+port+charlotte/ "Islay, Port Charlotte"]. Canmore. Retrieved 7 August 2012.</ref> and Monamore, or Meallach's Grave, [[Isle of Arran|Arran]], which may date from the early fifth millennium BC.<ref name=N108/><ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/40086/details/arran+monamore+meallach+s+grave/ "Arran, Monamore, Meallach's Grave"]. Canmore. Retrieved 7 August 2012.</ref> Excavations at the [[Mid Gleniron]] cairns near Cairnholy revealed a multi-period construction which shed light on the development of this class of chambered cairn.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stell|first=Geoffrey|title=Dumfries and Galloway|date=1996|publisher=The Stationery Office|others=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland|isbn=0114952949|edition=2nd|location=Edinburgh|pages=172|oclc=36079767}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite book|last=Thomas|first=Julian|title=A Neolithic Complex in Galloway: Excavations at Dunragit and Droughduil, 1999–2002|publisher=Oxbow Books|year=2015|isbn=978-1782979708|editor-last=Thomas|editor-first=Julian|location=Oxford & Philadelphia|pages=8–16|chapter=Context: The Prehistory of Luce Bay}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=Mid Gleniron, chambered cairns and cairns (SM1944)|url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM1944|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181123173707/http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM1944|archive-date=23 November 2018|access-date=2020-08-07|website=portal.historicenvironment.scot}}</ref>