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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 705919
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/705919
NS79NW 2 7253 9906.
(NS 7255 9905) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map (1958)
A tree-covered earthen mound about 15ft high, 75ft in diameter from north to south and 65ft from east to west, was partially excavated by Sir Kay and Lady Muir in 1927 and 1928. At the centre of the mound was a large short cist containing some small unburnt fragments of human bone and a few teeth. It was covered with a small cairn. A short cist was also found on the SSE side. About a foot beneath the top of the mound was a cordoned urn, inverted over burnt bones, which was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities.
J G Callander 1929
NS 7253 9906. A large tumulus c. 21.0m E-W by 25.0m N-S, with a maximum height of 3.3m, constructed of light sandy soil with a surface layer of hard stone. The central excavation trench is partly filled with fallen earth and branches: there is no sign of the cist.
Revised at 25".
Visited by OS (WDJ) 30 October 1968.
