Monument record 1380 - DUN BORVE, HARRIS

NG09SW 9 034 940.

(Located by I G Scott at NG c. 033 940)

1. Just over 20m SE of the modern cairn set on top of Dun Borve there is a rock exposure with a fairly flat top surface about 5m x 2m into which have been cut about 40 cups. These range from 130mm diameter x 70mm deep, 95mm x 50mm, 100mm x 60mm to about 8 of 80mm x 30mm deep.
2. There is another much smaller exposure again on a divided slab of bedrock about 0.6m in breadth which is 4m E of the larger exposure; 6 shallow cups could be seen, the largest being 70mm diameter x 20mm deep. Visited by RCAHMS (IGS) 16 May 1988.

G and M Ponting and Ponting, 1981c, Discovery and Excavation, Scotland, 51 (Bibliographic reference). SWE13549.