King's Yett
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name King's Yett
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 45951
Site Number NS78NW 1
NGR NS 73730 89222
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Stirling
- Parish St Ninians
- Former Region Central
- Former District Stirling
- Former County Stirlingshire
NS78NW 1 7373 8922.
NS 735 891. A cairn is situated on open moorland, 1/4 mile W of King's Yett. It consists of a grass-covered, stony mound c.30' in diameter and 4'6" high. A rectangular boulder which lies in the S arc of the base of the cairn, and which appears to be in situ, may have formed part of a peristalith.
RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954
NS 7373 8922. This cairn, 12.5m in diameter and 1.75m high, situated upon the edge of a slight decline, is generally as described by the RCAHMS.
Visited by OS (JLD) 14 May 1953
This cairn is generally as described by the previous authorities.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 12 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)
King's Yett NS 737 892 NS78NW 1
This cairn measures about 12m in diameter and 1.7m high.
RCAHMS 1979, visited October 1978
