What is recorded here
Situated at the bottom of a gentle SW- and W-facing slope with the E-W Coumduane Stream to the S. The fulacht fia (WA014-030001-) and field boundaries (WA014-030003-) are associated with c. 40 cairns (diam. c. 5-6m; H 0.3-0.6m) placed 10-20m apart and covering an area of c. 1 ha.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2010
A Neolithic cairnfield, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, indicating early agricultural activity and ritual practices; its association with a fulacht fia suggests domestic or ceremonial use.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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