Field Visit
Date 22 November 1973
Event ID 680575
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/680575
NO05NE 25 0631 5632 to 0638 5631.
Situated on two prominent isolated knolls at NO 0631 5632 and NO 0638 5631 are two heather-covered cairns, 'A' and 'B' respectively.
'A' is 6.5m in diameter and about 0.7m high. The centre has been excavated revealing a cist 1.0m NE-SW by 0.6m which is full of peat. The S slab appears to have fallen inwards.
'B' is 7.0m in diameter and about 0.8m high with one or two kerb stones visible around the N arc. The centre has been excavated revealing a cist, still in good condition, measuring 1.2m ENE-WSW by 0.6m and about 0.5m deep. Just outside the NE side of the cairn is a flat slab (1.0m x 0.7m) which is probably the capstone.
Close by are a few stone clearance heaps, probably outliers of the field system to the SW.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (ISS) 22 November 1973
