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Field Visit
Date 29 September 1977
Event ID 1040275
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1040275
NR 9031 3106. The remains of this chambered cairn, as described, occupy a focal position on rising E-facing moorland at 100ft OD. The three-compartment chamber is clear of debris and in stable condition. Only two stones of the hornwork facade remain standing, but the fallen position of others clearly shows its curved line. The extent of the cairn can only be estimated because no stone scatter is visible on the flat peat-covered surrounding area; however isolated loose stone was detected by probing and three small orthostats are set near the edge of a 30.0m N-S by 17.0m E-W patch which is conspicuously devoid of bracken growth. The two megalithic set slabs to the S have packing stones forming the N end of a probable subsidiary chamber 1.2m deep. Surrounded by amorphous dumping,(? excavation debris) the relationship of this chamber to the suggested cairn extent is uncertain.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J R L) 29 September 1977.
