Publication Account
Date 1986
Event ID 1017472
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017472
Now surrounded by forestry plantations, this much reduced circular cairn has given its name to a group of about a dozen passage-graves of localised distribution in this area. The cairn has a diameter of 13.7m, and in the centre stands to a maximum height of 1.4m. Excavation in 1949 showed that the centre of the cairn contained a megalithic chamber and south-facing passage which were structurally undifferentiated. In a ritual fire-pit near the entrance cremated bones were mixed with abundant fragments of oak charcoal, whilst frnds (from the passage) comprised up to 60 small sherds of an unusual variety of late neolithic pottery.
Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Dumfries and Galloway’, (1986).
