Archaeology Notes

Event ID 670644

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NJ81NW 5 81703 17266

Location formerly entered as NJ 8170 1726.

NJ 8170 1726. Situated on a low knoll in dense woodland are the remains of an oval shaped feature possessing certain cairn-like features. The remains consist of a stone and turf mound 13.0m north to south, 11.0m east to west and 0.5m average height. On the west side, is a large recumbent stone 1.6m long and 0.7m broad; there are several large stones on the perimeter. Numerous small stones lie scattered around the exterior and interior of the feature and, in the interior, on the south side, there is a large heap of stones partly covered by vegetation.

The density of the trees makes the identifying of the feature difficult.

Visible on RAF APs (540/1419 F22: 0061-2).

Visited by OS (EGC) 3 November 1961.

(Name cited as Newton Wood). This monument is situated on a low knoll ar an altitude of 75m OD.

NMRS, MS/712/77.

(Classification amended to Cairn; Hut-circle (possible)).This cairn is situated in a forestry plantation and measures about 12m in diameter and 1m in height. Overlying the cairn is a possible hut-circle, which measures about 8m in diameter within a boulder-faced wall about 1m in thickness and 0.6m in height. The position of the entrance may be marked by a slight dip in the crest of the wall on the SE.

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, IF), 5 August 1996.

Scheduled as 'Larrick, cairn 435m NW of...'

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 4 March 2008 [2009].