Archaeology Notes
Date - 1977
Event ID 694960
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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NR86SW 9 8028 6344
See also NR86SW 8.
NR 803 638. Locally called the 'Giant's Grave' or 'Diarmid's Grave', an oval mound is situated 36' SSW of cairn NR86SW 8. Having pointed ends, it measures 9'6" x 4', axis N-S, outlined by small stones with a rounded stone 1'8" high at S, and a dressed tapering stone, 4'2" x 2'8" x 1'1" at base, at N.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964
NR 8028 6344. This stony mound, situated in a forest clearing, is generally as described. The name "Giants' Grave" was confirmed. The purpose of the mound is not clear but the name is significant and the size, shape, standing stone, and proximity to a round cairn, all compare with the beaker grave at Cairnpapple Hill (NS97SE 16). However, there is field clearance nearby, and the possibility that this mound is just dumping should not be overlooked.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (DWR) 2 July 1973
NR 8029 6344. A sub-oval mound generally as described in the previous information. The large tapered, and the small rounded stone are situated at either end of the mound and appear to represent the headstone and footstone of a grave 3.5m long. The name 'Giant's Grave' is presumably derived from these characteristics alone, there being no evidence of any megalithic structure on this site. The mound itself does not resemble a burial cairn, although the tapered stone may be a standing stone. Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 8 March 1977
