Database Update

Date 31 August 2009

Event ID 578952

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/578952

Lying immediately to the E of a modern fence in peat moorland, the remains are as planned by Henshall, though there are considerable doubts whether these relate to a chambered cairn or a round house. The sheer quantity of stones argues that this probably was a cairn, but it is not clear whether all of the four orthostats recorded on Henshall’s plan belong to the chamber. The lintels are set on piers within their line. While these may have been robbed from a chamber, in their present position they are more likely to roof a later domestic structure. Amongst the stone debris, there are traces of at least another two subrectangular buildings.

Visited by RCAHMS (ARG,SPH) 31 August 2009