I am confused. This is definitely a court tomb. This is fairly easy to decide due to the north-south alignment of the gallery and the trapezoidal kerb outline, but the scarce remains do try to confuse.
No cairn infill remains and so you have to do a little detective work on the rest. As mentioned the kerb is definitely separable from the rest of the stones, leaving the centrally positioned gallery quite easy to identify. Once these stones are removed from the puzzle there is a curious arrangement left. In front of the gallery is a group of stones that could either form a deep wine glass shaped court or even a very small full court. In front of that is a very shallow curve of stones that would seem to be a second court, or perhaps the kerb went across the front of the deeper court just mentioned.
The cairn kerb describes an area 25m long and 8m wide at the front (south) and 5m at the 'tail'. The gallery is about 6m long with no definite jambs to say how many chambers were inside. The deeper court is 4m deep and 5m wide, with the shallower court occupying the full width and just 1.5m deep.
The original design is certainly enigmatic, making more of a shame that it does not exist in better shape today.
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