Archaeology Notes

Event ID 675690

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NM92NW 11 9473 2763.

(NM 9473 2763) Cairn (NR).

OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

This cairn is situated 320 metres north of the farmhouse of Clachadow. It is oval on plan, measures 5.3 by 4.3 metres and has a kerb of large boulders, nine of which form a continuous arc round the west perimeter. The east side, however has been severely disturbed and only three kerbstones remain in situ. Outside the kerb, two stones protruding through the turf on the south may have formed part of a 'false portal' similar to that described under NM93NW 32. The height of the cairn is only 0.4 metres, but it is unlikely it was ever much more. In the vicinity, are a number of unexcavated small cairns which may be the result of stone clearance associated with nearby rig-and-furrow cultivation.

RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1975.

As described.

Surveyed at 1:10 000 scale.

Visited by OS (R D) 7 October 1969.

Noted that the position shown on OS 1:10,000 map, (1975) is 250 metres north of Clachadow.