Wester Yardhouses Cairn

Nearest town:
Biggar (12km SE)
OS reference:
NT004499
OS sheet:
72
Latitude:
55° 43' 55.67 N
Longitude:
3° 35' 10.51 W
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Wester Yardhouses Cairn

Martin
Martin Aug 18, 2004

Friday 6/8/04
This cairn sits in the middle of this moor and scrubland with the tail end of the Pentland Hills to the east and Tinto to the southeast. A grassy mound rises from the moor to a height of approximately 1 m, but what makes this cairn particularly interesting is the short cist still in place in the middle of the mound. The cist is aligned NE/SW and is 1 m long by 33 cm wide by 58 cm deep. There are only four stones remaining- the cist is open at the SW end with no capstone either, but a large stone lies just to the east which may have been one of the uprights.

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