Neolithic burial cairn.


The cairn was long used as a source of stone for nearby roads and boundaries, and was not recognised as a prehistoric monument until the 1920s. By then much of the southern side of the structure, and parts of the west-facing facade, had been lost. The wall revetting the north side of the cairn is however largely intact. The field bank which until excavation defined the surviving westerly extent of the cairn and bounded the adjacent road, persists within the enclosure that now protects the monument, but is a confusing anachronism as it does not form part of the cairn facade, despite possibly incorporating some displaced material from it.


The lower part of the body of the cairn survives as a stoney spread, and was found during excavation to contain pockets of cremated material. No chamber has been recognised within the cairn, the suggestion being that cremation took place on the half-constructed cairn before additional material was added on top.


Geophysical survey suggests that the cairn once extended both southward and westward.