What is recorded here
At the W edge of a low-lying basin. This grass-covered cairn (diam. of base 8.3m; diam. of top 3.3m; H 0.6m at W to 1.5m at E) surmounted by a chestnut tree, a glacial erratic (RO048-108006-) and a second cairn (RO048-108007-), now removed and replaced by a statue of St Bridget, c. 10m W of the bath-house (RO048-108001-) were part of the pattern. A revived pattern is still held at the end of July. (Weld 1832, 514-8)
See the attached view of this cairn taken from the NW.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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