Todholes
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name Todholes
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Todholes 1
Canmore ID 45284
Site Number NS68NE 2
NGR NS 67761 87010
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish Fintry
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS68NE 2 6774 8702.
A cairn is situated 1,100 yds NNE of Todholes farm and 200 yds SE of the SE corner of a large sheepfold. It consists of a grass-covered mound of stones, c.55' in diameter and 8' high. Two large boulders which lie at the foot of the mound to the S may represent the remains of a peristalith. Three small quarries or excavations appear in the body of the cairn.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1952
NS 6774 8702. This turf-covered round cairn is situated on an elevated part of the moor. It measures 18.5m in diameter and 2.0m in height. As stated by the RCAHMS, two large boulders lie at the foot of the cairn on the S side. There appears to be the remains of an old earth-and-stone bank surrounding its base.
Visited by OS (JLD) 2 April 1957
A cairn, generally as described, 19.0m in diameter by 1.2m high with the remains of a kerb in the S. There has been quarrying in the SE and NW of the cairn.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (SFS) 20 November 1975
Reference (1957)
This site is noted in the ‘List of monuments discovered during the survey of marginal land (1951-5)’ (RCAHMS 1957, xiv-xviii).
Information from RCAHMS (GFG), 24 October 2012.
Field Visit (October 1978)
Todholes 1 NS 677 870 NS68NE 2
This cairn measures about 19m in diameter and 2.4m high.
RCAHMS 1979, visited October 1978
RCAHMS 1963, p. 62, no. 15
