MDE21512 - Hut circle or burial cairn southeast of Castle Rock, Valley of Rocks (Monument)

One of three circular features shown on the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map, annotated 'Hut Circles'. This feature is drawn with a 6 metre diameter. [1] This is a turf and bracken covered mound of stones about 5 metres in diameter and with a maximum height of 0.5 metres. It is defined by stones set on edge mainly around the northwest. It appears as a small burial cairn or field clearance heap, but it might have originally been a hut which has since been infilled with stone. [3] A compact mound of stones c.6.5 metres in diameter and c.0.4 metres in height. It has a carefully structured appearance, with set boulders defining the edge, which indicates a burial cairn rather than a clearance cairn. [4]