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Field Visit
Date 1999
Event ID 882249
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/882249
A cairn containing a cist was excavated during WWII. It was oriented NNE-SSW, measuring 1.8m long and 0.5m deep; the width could not be determined because only one side survived. This was formed from two edge-set slabs, while the end walls were made from coursed masonry. It is said to have contained 'ashes'. Remnants of a drystone dyke ran from the SSE side of the cairn for over 100m and then formed a T-junction with a second ruinous wall. Only a few scattered earthfast wall stones now remain. The cairn survives as an amorphous mound, some 15m in diameter and 1m high. It lies 4m from the coast edge. Ref.: RCAHMS (1980), #17, 18.
Moore & Wilson 1999.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
