Field Visit
Date 11 July 1934
Event ID 1125753
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1125753
Cairn, Hamara Field. On the south part of the summit of Hamara Field, within a grass-grown and slightly elevated enclosure, are the remains of a cist, no doubt once covered by a cairn, the material from which has apparently been used to build a neighbouring enclosure. The cist, which is almost filled with soil, lies with its major axis NE and SW. As usual, it is formed of slabs set on edge, but it has been exceptionally large, the minimum width being 3'3" and the probable depth 2'10". Two sides and the NE end survive. The lateral slabs measure 5' long by 1'2" thick and 4' long by 1' thick while the end slab is 4'7" long by 1'3" thick. The New Statistical Account (xv, 25) mentions 'an old burial place at Hammersfield, where the bodies have been burnt'.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 11 July 1934.
