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Image of Tomfat Plantation (Chambered Cairn) by drewbhoy

A handily placed Les gives an indication of the height of the stone.

Image credit: drew/LH
Image of Tomfat Plantation (Chambered Cairn) by thesweetcheat

We uncovered a second stone from the grass, but that was all we could see of the structure of the chamber.

Image credit: A. Brookes (1.10.2012)
Image of Tomfat Plantation (Chambered Cairn) by thesweetcheat

The inner face of the slab, with narrow chamber towards camera, overgrown with grass.

Image credit: A. Brookes (1.10.2012)

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Tomfat Plantation

From the Black Wood Leys Of West cairn we headed west to the Tomfat cairn. Reaching the resumption of the woods we found a path and gradually veered south west eventually spying the standing stone on top of a wee hillock.

Large slabs seem to feature in this area quite a lot and Tomfat is no exception with a stone that is almost 2 metres tall and 1.5 metres wide coming to a rounded top. A kerb does exist but is difficult to spot underneath the turf. The cist has been left open, as explained in Canmore, and also like Canmore I don’t think it is an Orkney-Cromarty type. My hunch is that it is a smaller version of the Mains Of Gask cairn just down the road.

Tomfat brought an end to another wonderful day in the hills. Much to find nearby so another visit coming up soon.

Visited 22/10/2016.

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