What is recorded here

Twenty-one metres of stone still slope across the Clare pasture, marked by a trig point on the 1840 map. A field wall cuts through the ancient structure, reducing a deliberate shape to an obstacle for livestock and people. The cairn may have watched herds, bounded a field or marked a dead person; its size and kerbstones suggest more than a random stone heap.

On a N-facing slope in rough pastureland. A trigonometrical point, OD 186, is shown at this location on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A long flat-topped cairn (basal dims. 21.3 E-W; 19.4m N-S; H 1.8-2.2m; max. H 6m at W; dims. at top 9.1m N-S; 6.7m E-W) sloping to the N and NW. Kerbstones visible intermittently from SE to N provide an estimated original diameter (14.6m N-S). A field wall crosses the cairn from roughly N to S and another extends off it at SE. The following image has been uploaded: CL016-131----_01.jpg View from SW Compiled by: Olive Alcock and Lynda McCormack Date of upload: 2 August 2022

A Neolithic long cairn, likely dating to the Early to Middle Bronze Age. Its size and orientation suggest it may be a funerary monument of local significance, though its broader archaeological context remains poorly documented.

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