More information : (SX 56596576) Cist (NR). (1)
A cist, with its coverstone pushed to one side, within the
remains a 14 ft diameter cairn circle. There is also the
"slightest trace" of a barrow. (2)
Excavations in 1911 by H H Breton revealed no further information. (3)
A cairn approximately 5.0 m in diameter with a dozen earthfast
stones none more than 0.3 m high forming a crude circle around
the perimeter. Near the centre is a cist oriented northwest
to southeast. It is 1.3 m long and 0.5 m wide and 0.5 m deep
with a displaced coverstone measuring 1.4 m by 1.3 m and 0.3 m
thick. (4)
The cairn has been much ruined and spread almost to ground level.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD and 1:100.
SX 56596576. This feature remains in a stable condition and as described by Authority 4. |