Description

The monument comprises the remains of a long cairn, built and used during the Neolithic period (4000 BC – 2500 BC) and an adjacent round cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (2500 BC – 800 BC). The long cairn survives as a low, trapezoidal shaped mound of stone and earth and the round cairn as a large round mound of stone. The monument is located on a prominent ridge at about 180m above sea level.

The long cairn measures 20.5m from east-southeast to west-southwest. It is 12m wide and 1m high at its east end, and 9m wide and 0.7m high at its west end. The round cairn lies about 16m to the northeast. It measures about 20m by about 18m and stands to a height of about 2m, with a small modern cairn on its summit. The round cairn is surrounded by a stony, subcircular, bank which defines an area measuring about 26m from northeast to southwest by 24.5m.

The scheduled area is irregular. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map. The above ground elements of all post and wire fences are excluded to allow for their maintenance.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a fine and unusual example of an unchambered long cairn and large round cairn next to each other. The round cairn is of particular interest because of the enclosure wall round it which may represent an earlier structure and the complex as a whole is of national importance to understanding of Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary practices.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

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Canmore

https://canmore.org.uk/site/14533/
https://canmore.org.uk/site/14527/

HER/SMR Reference

https://her.highland.gov.uk/Monument/MHG8732
https://her.highland.gov.uk/Monument/MHG7503

Source: Historic Environment Scotland