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Field Visit

Date June 1979

Event ID 1101554

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1101554

Situated between the public road and the henge monument (NR89NW 18), there is a large turf-covered mound, which appears to be a prehistoric barrow; measuring about 30 m in diameter and 1.4 m in height, it was the subject of exploratory excavation by Craw in 1928, who showed that it 'consisted chiefly of earth, but a large number of boulders irregularly placed was met with'. Beneath the boulders, at a depth of about 1 m, a layer of charcoal covered the old ground surface, but no cists or burials were encountered (Craw 1929, 189; Campbell and Sandeman 1964).

Visited June 1979

RCAHMS 1988

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