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Field Visit
Date 21 June 2005
Event ID 1104987
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1104987
Lying within improved pasture at the E end of a promontory, this cairn was once surrounded by a stone circle. Now largely grass-grown, it survives as a flat-topped mound measuring 10.5m in diameter, and ranging in height from 0.45m on the S and E to 1m on the N. Kerbstones define its outer edge, three of which survive in situ on the W, a further possible three on the E, and a setting incorporating another three on the SSW. The latter are the largest stones, suggesting that the kerb may have been graded in height towards the SW. The setting originally comprised two blocks standing in front of and to either side of two slabs on the line of the kerb, though only one of these now survives. A second slab, forming its partner, was displaced forward of the kerb in 1986 but has since been removed. Within the body of the cairn, there is an oval hollow measuring 4.2m from E to W by 3.3m transversely and 0.3m in depth, but in the absence of any kerbstones it is impossible to say whether this marks an internal court or is simply the result of stone robbing. Only two stones of the surrounding stone circle can still be seen, and of these only that on the NE stands in situ, the other lying flat on the SE. A plough scar is visible around the cairn on the S and E.
Visited by RCAHMS (ATW,ARG) 21 June 2005
