Description

The monument comprises a large round burial cairn, almost certainly of prehistoric date, located within extensive forestry plantations. It was scheduled in 1971, but the scheduling inadvertantly included part of a forest road, where no archaeolgical remains will survive. This re-scheduling excludes the road.

The cairn survives as a large mound of loose stone, about 13m in diameter. There is a a slight depression on the top, indicating either a collapsed chamber or some unrecorded early excavation.

The area now to be scheduled is a circle 30m across but excluding a part of the circle cut chord-wise from its S side, where a forestry road runs close to the cairn. The area is marked in red on the accompanying map extract.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a relatively well preserved example of a burial cairn which may have escaped serious disturbance since its construction. It has the potential to provide important information about prehistoric ritual and funerary practices and also environmental evidence relating to contemporary vegetation and land-use.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as NH 77 NW 5.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland