This was a very pleasant surprise in two ways: I hadn't expected a signpost, nor had I expected such a fine monument. It is somewhat ruined, but it's rather unusual.
The remains of the gallery are set in a round platform, which is edged with large trees - their exposed roots describing the circumference in a very pleasing way. This platform is the remains of the round cairn that once covered the centrally placed tomb. 2m to the north of the cairn there is a slab of stone stood on end which may have been either part of the structure or an orbital standing stone.
At the centre of the mound is the gallery. There is a large single roof stone in place which is around 3m long and 1.5m wide. In front of this several free-standing orthostats indicate that the gallery was possibly twice its current length. Some of the stones forming the double walling can still be seen on the south side and at the southeast end of the gallery several stone perpendicular to the axis of the gallery are from the fa?ßade.
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