Archaeology Notes

Event ID 662667

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH66SE 6 6564 6139.

(NH 6564 6139) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

This long cairn, oriented ENE-WSW is 85' long and about 38' wide at the west end and 48' at the east end. It is composed of rounded stones overgrown with moss and turf. A depression near the centre suggests that there has been some robbing, but the ends appear to be intact, the west being 6' high and the east 5' high.

The cairn stands within the area of a field of small cairns (NH66SE 7).

A S Henshall 1963.

A wedge-shaped long cairn, in good condition, as described by Henshall, situated in dense afforestation.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (N K B) 27 January 1966.

No change to previous field report.

Surveyed at 1:10 000.

Visited by OS (J B) 11 January 1978.