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This grass covered mound is an ancient burial cairn. When the area was first planted by the Forestry Commission in the 1960's, the cairn was ploughed through and badly damaged. The last time I visited it was about 12 years ago at which time it was deep within a maturing conifer plantation which has since been clearfelled and replanted, and more enlightened forestry practice has ensured that the immediate area around the cairn has now been left unplanted. The cairn has grown a thick covering of grass, but the damage done 50 years ago is clear to see in these disturbed boulders, possibly the remains of a cist.