This wedge is quite special. It is the first one that I have been to that has a clearly split entrance. One roofstone still lies over the three stones that form the entrance, as does one that covers the rear of the chamber 3m away.
The cairn is pretty robbed out, but many of the stones remain that formed the gallery. To one side there is an odd protruding alignment going off at right angles to the main structure. This seems to point to a huge erratic boulder that lies just 15m from the sepulcre.
The gallery is 6m in length and about 1.6m wide. the rear 2m remain covered by a single roofslab.
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_As we were passing this interesting wedge tomb I thought it worth stopping by again. I am still fascinated by the relationship between the tomb and the nearby large ball of rock. Last time I was here it was almost dark, so today's visit gave me the opportunity to look around the landscape a little. To the rear of the monument trees and buildings block the views, but it is still possible to see the section of horizon that the tomb faces. It seems that the gallery is aligned on a long, shallow depression in the middle distance hills.
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