Description

The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric chambered burial cairn preserved in a car park at the entrance to a caravan park.

The chambered cairn is of the Orkney-Cromarty type, is approximately round and has two chambers. At a later date two short cists and a number of un-cisted cremations were inserted into the cairn. Excavation located traces of a kerb to the cairn on the SE side. The S chamber may originally have been covered by a small cairn and the N chamber and N portion of the cairn have been added later. The passage and entrance to the S chamber had been blocked at some stage in the development of the monument. One later cist had been excavated into the S chamber and this contained an intact pot and jet beads. A second, later cist had been excavated into the centre of the cairn and contained the skeletons of two babies accompanied by a pot and some sherds of Beaker pottery, of early Bronze Age date. Nine cremations were found: one was accompanied by a bronze razor and another by part of a bronze blade.

The area to be scheduled measures a maximum of 15m SW-NE by 8m NW-SE, to include the remains of the chambered cairn, as shown on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance for its potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric burial architecture and burial practices.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as NH89SW9.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland