Description

The monument comprises the earthwork remains of a ditch- encircled cairn, thought to date from the Bronze Age (approximately 2350 – 800BC). It is visible as a slight mound surround by a low circular ditch. The cairn is located at the western end of a spur overlooking two tributaries of the River Clyde, in improved pasture and at approximately 280m above sea level. 

The scheduled area is circular measuring 20m in diameter, centred on the middle of the cairn. 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.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as it makes a significant contribution to our understanding or appreciation of the past as a burial monument, dating to the Bronze Age. A slight ditch encircles a low earth covered cairn where burial and associated practices have taken place. The overall monument is approximately 6.5m in diameter. The cairn and ditch are likely to contain important archaeological deposits and ecofactual materials reflecting its construction, the practices of burial and the environmental conditions when it was in use. The monument can therefore help us understand more about the nature of prehistoric burial and the deliberate siting of such monuments in the landscape.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland