Archaeology Notes

Event ID 674867

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM82NE 7 8801 2688.

(NM 8801 2688) Cairn (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1977)

This round cairn, noted by Henshall (A S Henshall 1972) as an unclassified chambered cairn, has a diameter of about 19.7 metres and a height of 1.3 metres. It has been considerably disturbed by stone-robbing, and also by excavation undertaken by J S Phene in 1871 (A S Henshall 1972). In the centre, the excavation revealed a massively-built triangular cist containing a cremation deposit, a flint knife and some hazelnut shells which were probably modern. One stone of this cist can still be seen. It measures 0.8 metres in length by 0.3 metres in thickness and protrudes about 0.8 metres above the debris.

A S Henshall 1972, visited 1962; RCAHMS 1975, visited June 1967.

This cairn, generally as described, measures 25 to 26 metres in diameter. The unsurveyable remains of the kerb can still be seen.

Visited by OS (R D) 8 September 1971.