Dippen, Arran

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Dippen (Scottish Gaelic : An Dipinn) is a settlement on the Isle of Arran in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, where there is an interesting chambered cairn. [1]

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References

  1. Dippen chambered cairn, Arran. http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=5366

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