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Database Update
Date 24 September 2010
Event ID 629832
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/629832
Although doubts persist about the classification of this monument, the visible remains are more or less as described by Henshall and her interpretation as a ruinous circular building seems the most fitting. Roughly circular on plan, it measures 9.7m from N to S by 9.2m transversely over a stony bank spread up to 1.8m in thickness and up to 0.5m in height. An upright stone on the E coincides with a gap in the bank and probably forms the N side of the entrance. There are several other large stones still visible, one of which is earthfast and set radially to the bank. A modern marker cairn overlies the bank on the NW, and the interior is boggy and filled with reeds. Two stones lie outside the enclosure on the E, and are set parallel to each other, both aligned ENE and WSW and leaning NNW at the same angle; their purpose is unknown. All that can be seen of the supposed well to the WSW is one boulder and a puddle of water amongst the reeds.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG,SPH) 24 September 2010
