Description

The monument comprises an almost circular mound, probably a prehistoric burial mound, possibly containing a chambered tomb. The monument was first scheduled in 1939, but an inadequate area was included to protect all of the archaeological remains: the present re-scheduling rectifies this.

The mound is almost circular, measuring about 35m N-S by 30m E-W, and stands up to about 2m high. The broad summit of the mound appears from a distance to be fairly level, but is in fact irregular, with several large hollows and some outcropping earth-fast slabs. In some of the hollows, several courses of drystone masonry are exposed, although the latter form no clear pattern. The sides of the mound grade gently down to the level, poorly-drained ground which surrounds it.

The area to be scheduled is circular, 40m in diameter, centred on the centre of the mound, but flattened on its N arc where it is bounded by a post-and-wire fence. The area includes the mound and an area around it in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map. The loose fence-posts currently lying on the surface of the mound, and the post-and-wire fence that borders the monument N of the mound, are excluded from the scheduling.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland