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Stone circle, which has been restored, within which are eight small kerb cairns. The circle consists of eight stones placed around the circumference of a circle circa 10 m in diameter, the stones graded roughly in size to the north. Excavations in 1934 established that the interior had been levelled prior to the erection of the stone circle and later the ground was burnt over by setting fire to a pile of willow twigs. On the area so consecrated, eight small ringed burial cairns were built, five of which yielded burnt human bones and charcoal, a few sherds of pottery and three worked flints. The finding of oak charcoal in five cairns and hazel in one could indicate not all deposits were contemporary. The central cairn is the largest at 3.5 m in diameter, and it is the only one to have a double kerb. This and six other cairns have 11 kerbstones. When J. Logan described this circle in 1820 he referred to nine other smaller circles of similar dimensions situated to southwest of circle but no trace of these remain. Survey conducted in January 2004 by R. Daly disclosed that of the outer circle stones, the northernmost stone has one cup mark on lower inner (south-facing) face, the easternmost stone has one cup mark on upper north-facing face, and the southernmost stone has one cup mark on inner north-facing face. Of the inner circle stones, the easternmost stone of the central cairn kerb has one large cup-mark on its inner face. These features do not seem to have been recorded before. This stone circle is seen as a later development of the Recumbent Stone Circle tradition.
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Historic Environment Records (HER)