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Field Visit
Date 14 September 1989
Event ID 1109211
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1109211
What are probably the remains of a ring-cairn with a surrounding stone circle, formerly identified simply as a burial-cairn, are situated on a promontory 400m NE of Blairno. The ring-cairn measures about 9.5m in overall diameter by 0.5m in maximum height and there is a shallow depression at its centre. No inner kerbstones are visible, but at least five outer kerbstones survive in situ, all on the S and W arcs, and numerous others lie displaced around the edge of the cairn. The four largest kerbstones probably formed a setting on the SSW side of the cairn; originally this setting comprised two slabs set in a line immediately back from two flanking blocks (about 0.7m high), but one of the slabs (1.5m by 1.2m) has been pulled forwards out of position. All that is visible of the surrounding stone circle is a leaning slab 0.75m high on the NE, and a recumbent slab 1.5m long on the SE.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 14 September 1989.
