The remains of the small, round chamber of Cairn W.
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This cairn is quite small, being about 7 meters in diameter. It contains a small, sunken chamber, about 2 meters long. There were five decorated stones and a stone basin here. Brennan called it the 'Pot Cairn' and gives its orientation as south, with a probable use for monitering the height of the sun in the sky at midday on important dates, such as the equinoxes. I seem to remember reading somewhere that an unusual pot was found in the chamber, but Herity doesn't mention it. |
