Field Visit
Date June 1979
Event ID 1101599
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1101599
Situated in a pasture field 110m SE of Crarae Lodge, there is a circular mound, probably a prehistoric burial-cairn, measuring about 25m in diameter and up to 1m in height. In 1865 it was reported that a 'standing stone' had formerly surmounted the mound and that excavation had revealed a 'stone coffin' containing bones and ashes (Name Book 1865, 21). Further excavations carried out in 1923 showed that the mound was composed of a mixture of earth and stones, and that at the centre there were two stone slabs which probably represented the remains of the 'stone coffin', possibly a cist. Beneath the mound material there were midden-like deposits containing marine shells, an antler tine, and the bones of horses, cattle and sheep (Scott 1963, 19-23; Campbell and Sandeman 1964, no. 75).
RCAHMS 1988, visited June 1979.
