Archaeology Notes
Date - 1968
Event ID 677666
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/677666
NN70NW 1 7394 0561.
(NN 7394 0561) The Judge's Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map (1958).
"The Judge's" or "The Big Cairn". A heap of stones now grass-covered. It is said that the Sheriff used to hold his court here.
(Name Book 1863).
May be a chambered cairn.
(J E Shearer 1907).
A turf-covered, cairn, 20.0m in diameter with a maximum height of 1.7m, which has been dug into on its south side. There is no evidence to suggest that it was chambered. Known locally as "The Judge's Cairn". Visited by OS (WDJ) 5 November 1968.
