Cist in Skrine

Towards the SW edge of a N-S karst ridge at the centre of cairn (RO041-062001-). This is a rectangular feature (dims 3m N-W; 2.2m N-S) defined by low stones (dims 0.5-1.45m x 0.1-0.2m; H 0.2m-0.5m) with some gaps. A whitethorn tree has split a lintel, but there are no other lintels present. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See attached document with a plan of the remains.

A Neolithic cist tomb, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, associated with a cairn; such tombs are significant as early funerary structures in the Irish and British Neolithic.