What is recorded here

Colladussaun holds a ruined court cairn where six upright stones still mark the south arc beneath dense overgrowth. The chamber probably stretches northwest through the buried body, guided by three larger stones near the entrance and a back stone protruding from the mound. Field fences have cut across the ancient work, yet the stones remain set in a clear ceremonial shape.

This monument consists of the ruined remains of a court cairn. The cairn (18m E−W; 8m N−S; H 1.5m) is now subrectangular in plan, bordered on the N and E sides by straight field fences. At the NE edge of the cairn, at the angle of the present-day field fences, are remnants of a court. Six contiguous upright stones or orthostats remain in situ, forming the S arc of the court; the orthostat at the W end of the arc is the largest (L 1.16; Wth 0.5m; H 0.8m), with the other five stones decreasing in size toward the E end of the arc. Approximately 2m N of the W end of the arc, there are three large orthostats (L 1-1.5; T 0.3m; H 0.8m), two are close-set on a parallel E−W alignment, and immediately to N, the third upright is aligned N−S. These three stones may be part of the entrance to the chamber, which probably extends NW through the body of the cairn. An upright stone protruding from the cairn, 5m to W of the possible entrance stones, may be the back stone of the chamber. Within the area of the court there are two large stones lying at a slant, which may be displaced capstones, and another stone appears to be incorporated into the E-W field fence at N. The whole is engulfed in dense overgrowth. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 May 2020

Court tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). This type of tomb is significant as an early form of ceremonial burial structure associated with communal funerary practices in western Europe.

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