EAB15942 - Excavation - ESLIE THE GREATER

Excavations in 1873 revealed a masonry cist in a pit at the centre of the court. The cist is described as 'built of common boulder stones,..from 8 to 10 inches (0.2 m to 0.25 m) in diameter'; the cist contained 'black marks and pieces of bone'. The ring-cairn revealed at least three 'dark marks.. the length of a not tall human being' together with small pieces of bone. The only other feature of note is a small slab almost flush with the ground immediately adjacent to the west flanker. It has the appearance of a kerbstone and in this position hints at the presence of a platform of cairn material between the ring-cairn and the surrounding circle, though no such feature can now be detected beneath the field clearance that is strewn around the margins of the ring.