File:Chambered cairn near Walton Farm - geograph.org.uk - 915070.jpg

English: Chambered cairn near Walton Farm. For details of the excavation and the contents of this site, see an older photo of this location: 697566.

This Neolithic cairn has been subjected to considerable disturbance, including the removal of trees (the cairn is located in what was the southern end of Walton Wood, now gone), and some unauthorised digging (see final paragraph), so that the shape of the cairn is no longer evident.

The largest upright stone is 1.6m tall, and is composed of metamorphic rock (it appears to be gneiss). To its right is another stone, and a pit is evident next to the latter stone. However, this pit may represent part of the recent disturbance to the site, rather than corresponding to the original burial cist.

In the foreground are the other rocks that are scattered to the west of the main upright. The land on which this cairn stands belongs to Walton Farm.

[In view of the unauthorised digging that has taken place at this site, it is probably worth stating here something that most readers will consider obvious, namely, that excavation of archaeological sites should be left to professional archaeologists. Quite apart from the disregard shown to the landowner, unauthorised digging disrupts sites, thereby destroying valuable archaeological evidence; it amounts to little more than vandalism. In addition, many sites are protected by law, making such activities not just reprehensible, but illegal.]