More information : (SX 61666791) Cairn (NR) (1) A turf covered cairn surmounted by a small cone of stones. Diameter of cairn, 12.5m, height 0.6m. (2) A flattish cairn, 12.0m in overall diameter and 0.6m high, turf covered except in the centre where an area 5.0m across has been dug into to create a modern cairn 2.5m in diameter and 1.7m high. See photograph. Surveyed at 1:10000 on PFD. (3) Listed under round barrows, cairns and cists by Grinsell and visited by him 18 September 1974. (4)
A disturbed cairn set on a slight rise on a rounded highpoint at 46.9m above OD with panoramic vistas in every direction. It measures 8.5m in diameter and the stoney outer slope is 0.3m high; some low upright slabs could be part of a low retaining kerb. The interior of the cairn has been disturbed and robbed to a depth of 0.3m. A conical walkers cairn occupies the SW quadrant -composed of small boulders and slabs it measures 2.6m in diameter and 1.5m high. The cairn lies within an extensive area of commercial peat cutting. (8)
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