Cuckoo Rock E.1 Cairn

Database entries

OS Map: SX 5909 6881
OS Source: HER
HER: MDV3477
Alternate name: Cuckoo Rock E.1
Short Name: CN:Cuckoo ro1
Exist: Yes
Record: Unique
Record Source: HER
Cairn Class: Yes
Lidar: SX 5909 6881
Nearby sites: SX 5909 6881

Notes

UPDATE 31/12/2022. The 8 HER records MDV66371 - MDV66378 that these records were based on have since been deleted. The old NMR record has this entry:

Summary : Remains of a cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least sixteen circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank.

Centred at SX 590 687 are seven stony mounds in a boulder-free area some 90.0m by 130.0m. They average 3.0m in diameter and 0.7m high. Also visible is the fragmentary remains of a field
25.0m by 38.0m with rubble walling 0.8m wide and 0.3m high. It is fairly certain these are the mounds referred to by Breton. The general situation, construction and appearance of the mounds suggests that they are clearance. The period of the clearance is uncertain though the apparently prehistoric field wall has also been partly stripped out suggesting a late (19th century) date.

The mounds are at, SX 59096881, SX 59146880, SX 59136879, SX 59096879, SX 59096875, SX 59106874 and SX 59106873.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on MSD. (2)

SX 59106878. Remains of a Bronze Age cairnfield and enclosure. The cairnfield contains at least nine circular and oval mounds, with five arranged in a single line along the contour. The enclosure, which incorporates two of the cairns, is defined by a rubble bank. A large stone set through the southern bank may represent the site of an original entrance. Scheduled. (3)

Sixteen small turf covered mounds, and a short length of bank have been recorded. The largest of the cairns is 3m diameter by 0.4m high. The bank is less than 1m wide by 0.2m high. There can be no certainty as to date for any of these features, though the existence of a nearby settlement suggests a prehistoric origin. (4)