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Field Visit

Date October 1986

Event ID 1114099

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1114099

The remains of this four-poster, which commands extensive views of Glenshee, are situated on the top of a glacial moraine 550m ESE of Old Spittal farmhouse.

In 1894 the natural mound on which the stones are placed was excavated to a depth of 6.71m, and it is unclear if the stones are now in their original positions. The stones lie at the corners of a trapezium, with the two largest at the W end of the long axis; their heights are: A-0.75m, B-0.7m, C-0.3m, D-0.8m. No finds or structural features were recorded during the excavation, and the slight mound at the centre of the stones marks the site of the excavation.

Visited by RCAHMS (JBS) October 1986.

RCAHMS 1990

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