An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c37.100

v2.c37.100

The cist within cairn type generally gives the impression of a few rising heaped-up cairn of stone blocks before excavation. Excavation however revealed a cist tomb-oriented e.-w. within a grave pit, almost in the centre of the stone circle. The four sides of the cist were built of stone pieces resting against the four side walls of the unlined grave pit. No capstone exists. Four stone slabs of indeterminate use and a few potsherds have been recovered from the grave.