Description

The monument comprises a prehistoric long cairn. It is already scheduled, but was incorrectly located on the map at the time of scheduling. This re-scheduling corrects that error by providing an accurate map.

The monument is a turf-covered long cairn, a funerary monument dating probably from the Neolithic period. The cairn is 61m in length and aligned NE-SW. At the SW end the cairn measures 12m across and stands 0.7m high, while to the NE it is a maximum of 20m across and up to 1.1m high.

At the wider NE end are three or four upright slabs which probably indicate the location of a burial chamber. There are a number of other upright slabs in the body of the cairn, some of which may indicate additional chambers. A series of large depressions along the length of the cairn probably result from later quarrying of cairn material.

The area now to be scheduled is the same in extent as that originally scheduled, and measures 110m SW-NE by 65m SE-NW (maximum), to include the long cairn and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with the building and use of the cairn are likely to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a well-preserved long cairn of probable Neolithic date. It has the potential to provide important information about prehistoric ritual architecture and funerary practice, and also about contemporary land-use and environmental conditions.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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RCAHMS records the monument as ND 13 SE 36.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland