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Field Visit
Date 28 April 1999
Event ID 991598
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/991598
NO79SW 64 centred 7146 9254
A possible ring-cairn, situated in rough stony ground between fields to the E of Eslie farm, was recorded during a pre-afforestation survey. The site is distinguished from the clearance cairns in the area (some noted under the field-system described under NO76SW 66) by the generally smaller stone content and the presence of two or three larger stones protruding from the interior. It measures c.10m in diameter and stands to about 0.4m in height and has two smaller mounds on its periphery. Given the proximity to the improved fields, it would seem that most of the cairn material derives from recent field clearance. However, the small number of larger stones within the inner part of the mound, suggests that it is a ring-cairn or other prehistoric feature augmented by clearance.
T Holden and J Rideout (Headland Archaeology) 28 April 1999; NMRS MS 899/139, no.1
