What is recorded here

On top of hill in mountainous area with good panoramic views in all driections. Monument consists of a low circular flat-topped cairn (H 1.5m; top diam. 8.5m NE-SW; base diam. 14m NE-SW) which is partially covered in heather and bog with traces of an external fosse (Wth 2.5m; ext. D 0.25m) enclosing base of cairn best visible from E to S. Trig. station constructed on top of cairn with large deep cavity (dims. 2m x 2m) in NE sector of cairn summit which may have been the result of modern destruction or could be the remains of a partially destroyed cist. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Neolithic flat-topped cairn; dates to the earlier part of the Neolithic period (c. 4000–2500 BCE). Its location on a prominent hill suggests it may have had ritual or territorial significance.

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