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Remains of a recumbent stone circle. In 1858 Thomson noticed seven stones, but only described six, of which one appears to have been originally recumbent and another lately fallen. All stood irregularly spaced around a very irregular platform, 0.91m high. In the centre was a flat stone, which had been moved, probably more than once before. Nothing was found below it. Coles describes four upright stones on a mound whose exterior had been straightened by a plough. He describes the fallen and recumbent stone. It is possible that this was a recumbent stone circle but different to others. The recumbent lies almost due east, well outside the normal southwest to south-southeast arc. It appears to be a heavy block, as do the remaining stones of the circle also are. They also appear to be graded, but contrary to the usual, the tallest is in the west and the shortest stands east of the recumbent, an arrangement akin the Irish rather than Scottish Recumbent stone circles. It is possible that the stones have been re-erected or re-placed in the wrong way. On the southernmost upright stone a cup mark was noted by George Currie, slightly west of centre and 0.96m above ground level.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)