What is recorded here
Located at the crest of the S-facing slope of the most SW summit of Forth Mountain and close to Skeater Rock. A cairn of stones (diam. c. 30m) was removed in 1884 when a 'bowl food vessel' was discovered (Ffrench 1895). The cairn was completely removed and its precise location is not known. (Culleton 1984, 33 4)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 May, 2013
Neolithic burial cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 4000–3000 BCE). Its significance lies in the discovery of a bowl food vessel, providing evidence of ritual deposition practices in the region.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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