Description

This group of four small cairns is situated on a terrace between the gully of the Pularyan Burn and the stone-walled fields to the NW of Cairnerzean. They lie on rough pasture, appearing as close cropped grass and stand to less than 0.5m high.

The area proposed for scheduling is 200m on the SSE side and 100m on the WSW, which follows the same line as the WSW wall of the enclosed fields to the S. On the N side it runs along the Pularyan Burn. The S corner is at NX 1406 6788 and the E corner at NX 1424 6795.

This includes the cairns and an area around them in which traces of activities associated with their construction may survive. The area is marked in red on the attached map. The modern boundary wall is specifically excluded.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

These monuments are of national importance because individually they preserve the former ground surface which with excavation could reveal old land-use and collectively they indicate the extent of the immediate area cleared for agriculture.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NX 16 NW 71.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland