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Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 562504
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/562504
Late nineteenth and early twentieth century sources describe a number of small cairns that lay on the western slopes of Little Conval. It was noted that the cairns appeared to be arranged in parallel rows, and probably formed part of a prehistoric field-system.
In 1902, six cairns were excavated. Each cairn was found to be wholly composed of stones, with no evidence of any burial remains. The only finds were small quantities of charcoal in two of the cairns.
The site was visited by the Ordnance Survey in 1967, who reported that they could only identify four cairns, visible as low mounds, three of which were in line. On the eastern side of each mound there was a depression, which suggests they may have been re-used as grouse butts.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
