Field Visit
Date 29 October 2003
Event ID 635165
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/635165
This recumbent stone circle stands on a gentle NE-facing slope at the edge of the dense plantation of conifers that clothes the summit of Bogcoup. Lying immediately W of a trackway, most of the trees in the immediate vicinity have been cleared, though in its turn this has allowed grass and bracken to spring up. Slightly oval on plan, the ring measures about 22m from ENE to WSW by no more than 20m transversely overall; including the recumbent and its fallen flankers on the SSE, it comprises at least six stones (1–3 & 5–7). The recumbent block (2) now measures 2.35m in length by 1.85m in height, but three large fragments have been broken off it (2a–c), two lying at its foot on the W and one on the E; despite the damage, the E end still retains part of its domed summit. The flankers have fallen and measure 2.1m and 2.25m in length respectively, and whereas the latter (3) is a relatively slender stone, its western neighbour (1) is a much broader and thicker slab. When they were upright, however, both would have appeared to curve inwards over the ends of the recumbent. Of the other orthostats of the ring, only the fallen stone some 1.7m in length on the NNW (5) is still intact, while two others, on the W (6) and SW (7) respectively, have been broken up, the fractured shot-holes in the S edge of 6 and in one of its adjacent pieces betraying their fate. Another two fragments lying on the ENE (4) and SSW (8) may come from other orthostats. Although it is not possible to estimate the number of orthostats in the circle, the difference in length between the flankers and the fallen stone on NNW (5) indicates that they were probably graded in height. Within the interior there are traces of an internal cairn, now largely reduced to a stony swelling on the SW and a low scarp around the E; the old forestry furrows scored across the circle have also revealed several patches of stones within the interior.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG and IGP) 29 October 2003
