Cohaw Court Cairn

Cohaw tomb is a court cairn with two separate tombs. The northern tomb’s gallery has two chambers, the third chamber joining with the southern tomb. The southern tomb mirrors the northern tomb but is circular in shape, as opposed to the U-shaped northern tomb.

The overall five chambered burial gallery was excavated in 1949 by Howard Kilbride-Jones. Pottery sherds, weighing over half a kilogram, were found. The pottery, with carination and a rolled over rim, dates to the Neolithic period. The cremated remains of three people were found during this excavation, and were identified as an individual under the age of twenty, the second was a male between 10-15 years old, and the third was a child under 10 years of age. Much of the cairn was used to build the local road.

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