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  SM455_Legal Doc

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Summary

Description

The monument comprises a chambered cairn, visible as a low turf-covered stony mound. The monument was originally scheduled in 1939, but the extent of the scheduled area was unclear: the present rescheduling rectifies this.

The cairn is situated at the edge of agricultural land in a field which has recently been improved from unenclosed rough grazing. It lies c. 200m from the sea cliffs, at 46m OD. It is turf covered and measures c. 17m in diameter. The perimeter rises undisturbed to a maximum height of 1m, but the interior has been greatly reduced and disturbed. In the centre are two slabs, set on edge, 0.9m apart and almost at right angles to each other, which may have formed part of a chamber.

The area to be scheduled is a circle of diameter 30m centred on the centre of the cairn, to include the cairn and an area around in which evidence relating to the construction and use of the cairn may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.

Statement of National Importance

The monument is of national importance as the remains of a chambered cairn which has the potential to provide important information on the funerary and ritual architecture of the Neolithic period in Scotland.

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