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Field Visit
Date 30 October 2003
Event ID 635356
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/635356
This recumbent stone circle stands on a gentle E-facing slope dropping down from the crest of a minor rise. Assuming that the surviving stones belong to a single ring (see below), the circle was oval on plan, measuring about 22m from E to W by 18m transversely, and originally comprised the recumbent setting and up to nine orthostats; only nine stones now remain, and three of these are prostrate (3, 5 & 7). The recumbent block (2), which lies on the S, measures 3.35m in length by up to 1.7m in height. Its summit is uneven and the leading face bears a rash of possibly natural pockmarks low down near its E end. Of the two flankers, only the western (1) remains upright, standing about 1.95m in height; it was the more slender of the pair, and was probably the taller also. The foot of the W flanker, which is aligned with the leading edge of the recumbent, is set at a slight angle to pick up the arc of the circle, but the setting itself appears to lie askew the projected circumference, forming a markedly flattened facade with its neighbouring orthostats (4 & 9), though it is not placed symmetrically between them. With the tallest of the orthostats on the SE (4), and the shortest on the NNW (6), there can be little doubt that the stones were graded, to reduce in height from S to N, and it is likely that the spacing of the stones decreased too. The interior probably once contained a cairn (see below), but it is now featureless, disfigured with old plough scars and heaps of field-cleared stones.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG, ATW and IGP) 30 October 2003
