Archaeology Notes

Event ID 675193

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM83NW 19 8241 3959.

(NM 8241 3959) Cairn (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

Standing in pasture, is a cairn which measures 13.5 metres in diameter and 1.4 metres in height. It has been severely robbed of its stones to provide material for a nearby wall, but the remains of three cists are still visible.

Of the central cist, only one side slab, measuring 1.4 metres in length, 0.25m thick and at least 0.6metres in depth, and the capstone survive. The capstone now stands upright in the centre of the cairn and it measures 1.5 by 1.4 metres and is 0.2 metres thick.

To the east, there is a small cist which contained the cremation of a young adult. The side slabs survive almost in their original positions, but the end slabs have slipped out of place. This cist measured 0.8 metres by 0.7 metres and up to 0.5 metres in depth. The broken capstone, measuring 0.8 by 0.7 metres and 0.1 metres thick, lies nearby. The third cist lies to the south of centre. Two broken side slabs and one end slab survive. This cist measured internally about 1.4 by 0.5 metres and about 0.6 metres in depth.

RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1969.

As described.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (R D) 29 November 1971.