strathspey

Has anyone ever come across anything like this on a remote Highland Bronze Age Long Cairn?

This left me totally surprised!!

One of the many deep depressions within the Cairn.

Reverse view – looking SE downhill.

A wee bit further up the hill.

1st view clambering up the hill – looking NE.

Strange stone within the top of the cairn – hole is at least 3” deep.

Looking South – “Sparky” for scale.

Looking North over the top of the Cairn. Slight depression along the axis if the stones – to my eyes. Difficult to capture in pics.

Looking NW.

First view! Looking SE. Height of Cairn about 4-5m.

Close up – of the cup not the phone.

Cup mark clearly defined – ring less so. Phone for scale!!

Looking South from centre of Cairn.

Looking across remaining section to SE.

Looking across top of remaining section to NW.

Looking West. Cairn situated amongst broom between 2 larger trees. Downslope to left. Large boulder on top of cairn circumference visible amongst broom.

Smaller cairn mentioned in fieldnotes, forestry track intersects bottom left.

Looking North over Depressions.

Looking SW over 2 depressions on southern section of Cairn.

Looking NNE uphill to Cairn.

Looking West from Cairn centre.. Line of ferns highlight outer circumference of Cairn.

Photo taken looking NW – from almost exactly the same position as Greyweathers 2nd pic in 2004 (unintentionally). Much more overgrown.

Looking NW from the eastern end of the cairnfield along Strathrory Drove road.

This picture was taken in the centre of the cairnfield looking NW. Cnoc an Duin Hill – site of iron age fort – in the background.

Recently disturbed stones.

Flat slab stone mentioned by OS?

Looking SE over the cairn, central depression again in the foreground.

Looking Ne over the cairn with depression in foreground.

Overview of the Cairn looking NW.

The depression again from the other direction.

The central cairn on the left, with a deeper depression on the right.

Looking South East over the elevated top from the outer edge of the cairn.

Boath Short. Another view into the main chamber.

Boath Short. Looking down into the Main Chamber.

Boath Short. Another depression.

1 of numerous depressions which surround the main Cairn

Looking South across what remains of Southern section.

Looking North down into centre of cairn.

Another view looking West.

Looking North West. Outline of outer circle just visible.