Archaeology Notes
Date - 1970
Event ID 696989
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/696989
NM90SW 1 9020 0398.
(NM 9020 0401) Cairn (NR)
A cairn averaging 4' in height and measuring 94' N-S x 89' E-W, with an internal kerb 66' x 74'6". The kerb and walling are visible 4' high on the E near the burn gully.
A large stone (under which the farm-people believe a horse is buried) projects from the kerb on the W and another shows near the centre. At the NE an intrusive open cist, 4' x 2', axis N-S, lies against or just inside the kerb.
The name of the cairn is Finchairn of Fiana Carn, the latter being used by Gaelic speakers.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1961-2.
The mutilated remains of a sub-circular, turf-covered cairn 30.0m in diameter and c. 1.0m in height, with traces of later buildings on its flat top. Near its W edge is a stone, 1.3m long, set on edge and at its S edge is an intrusive cist oriented NE-SW and measuring 1.4m x 0.9m x 0.2m. Nothing was seen of an internal kerb.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 10 March 1970.
