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The cairn and stone circle is situated on a slight ledge of a west-facing slope, overlooking
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In the centre is a large stone cairn. Antiquarians digging here in the 19th century found a burial cist in the centre, although there are no records of any other remains. Although the monument is now called a stone circle, it was probably built as a kerbed cairn.
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