NH55SE 3 5701 5160.
(NH 5701 5160) This is an Orkney-Cromarty type polygonal, short horned cairn c50 ft. across by 60 ft. long. On SE are traces of dry walling and large boulders on tips of horns, which partly define a forecourt. In the centre of this facade are two upright portal stones; from these runs passage 4 ftx 4 ft, each wall being of one upright stone with a sill between. Next is the outer compartment, c6 ft long, each wall of one upright stone and spaces filled with dry-walling. Next, two transverse slabs, supporting a lintel, form the entry to the main, polygonal compartment, about 10ft. x 9 ft., each wall of 2 slabs supplemented with dry walling. Finally, a passage of upright stones 3 .5ft. by 2.5ft leads by a double-silled entrance to a circular cell 5 1/2 ft. across.Remains include various types of pottery sherds, a saddle quern, white quartz, and skeletal remains of burnt bones. A A Woodham 1956; A A Woodham 1956; A S Henshall 1963.
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