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Field Visit
Date 2009 - 2010
Event ID 630005
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/630005
This subcircular cairn lies on the edge of the same field as Feature 45, immediately adjacent to the road. It measures 15m E-W by 12m N-S and stands around 1m high. It was excavated by Bryce in 1903 (Bryce 1903) and found to contain a short cist covered by a massive capstone. Within the cist were fragments of human bone, a jet bead, a bronze pin, a flint scraper, some pieces of flint and a complete inverted Bronze Age food vessel. These finds are now in the National Museum in Edinburgh. The cairn has long been overgrown with gorse, but in March 2010 the gorse bushes were removed, exposing the earthen mound of the cairn. The mound has been disturbed by burrowing animals and is now exposed to further damage by sheep, so we took the opportunity to record it as it appeared in March 2010. The cairn was partly re-excavated under the supervision of Paul Duffy in July 2010 (Duffy, forthcoming).
