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Field Visit
Date 23 August 1943
Event ID 933030
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/933030
This cairn stands on a low ridge, similar to the one on which stands the Balnaguie chambered cairn [NH65SW 3] and eastwards from it on the opposite side of the small burned mentioned the account of that monument (q.v.). Another small burn runs past it on the E, and though the actual site is under trees the adjoining land to the S is cultivated. Except for a slight hollow in the top the cairn appears to be intact; it is circular on plan, with a diameter of 43ft over all, and is 4ft in height. Some very large stones are firmly set in the ground on the SE and SW sectors in positions where a peristalith might be looked for, and two others on the NE. Two similar stones, one of which is not earthfast, appear nearby but not on the line of the peristalith.
Visited by RCAHMS (AG, VGC) 23 August 1943.
Map ref: lxxxix (unnoted)
