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| SX 64498 77610 (GPS 28min) | |
| Visits - June 2000 | No magnetic anomalies |
The most visually impressive of the sites
at Lakehead, this monument comprises a large burial chamber at the centre of a
stone circle, with a stone row curving away to the SE.
We counted six stones remaining in the circle, although there was a suspicious
turf covered bump at the north. Also, as the row penetrates the ring, one
of its stones could be considered another circle stone. With so few stones we
could not tell if any grading had existed.
There is a large stone within the circle at the NW, and the end stone of the row
stands inside the circle also. We noticed an odd "alignment" with this
end row stone, as the sun was setting during our visit, we noticed that the
sun's ray passed through the burial chamber and shone a narrow horizontal band
of light onto the northwestern face of this stone. This is clearly visible in
the panorama taken between the stone and the chamber. As the chamber would have
been originally buried beneath a cairn, we suspect that this phenomenon is
purely coincidental.
The stone row consists of eleven stones (depending on how you count the stone in
dispute as a circle stone), and as mentioned above, was curved very noticeably
towards the SE. The burial chamber was rectangular, and constructed of
large slabs, it seemed to be earth floored. Unusually, the NW wall was made up
of two stones, but this may have been the result of the splitting of an original
single stone.