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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 641861

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/641861

HU25SW 1 2440 5243.

HU 244 525; A chambered round cairn lies at about 150 OD on the sloping moorland between Trolligarts Loch and Loch of Flatpunds

A S Henshall 1963.

It appears to have had a diameter of about 16'6", two contiguous boulders on the north side belonging to the kerb. In the centre six stones demarcate the small polygonal chamber which measures 5' by 4'6". An entrance gap on the south side is 2'2" wide.

C S T Calder 1965.

The remains of a small chambered cairn as described by Henshall at HU 2439 5243.

Visited by OS (NKB) 20 June 1968

Scheduled with HU25SW 4 and HU25SW 30 as Trolligarts, chambered cairn, homestead and field system.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 22 January 1993.

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