Field Visit
Date 5 June 1925
Event ID 1098414
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1098414
Cairn, Gask Hill, Newton.
The remais of this tumulus lie about 200 yards south-east of the church at Collessie, at an elevation of 200 feet above sea-level and close to the west side of the roadway. The tumulus was excavated in 1876-77, when a number of relics were recovered, which are now in the National Museum. Full details of the excavation are recorded in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., xii (1877-78), pp. 439-461. The over-all dimensions of the cairn, as it now exists, are: North to south 84 feet, east to west 66 feet, north-west to south-east 85 feet 6 inches, north-east to southwest 80 feet. On the south three stones closely wedged together appear to be still in their original position.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 5 June 1925.
