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 The tumulus has been trenched through from side to side down to the original ground level. The exposed faces show that the entire mound has been constructed of drystane courses- mortar-less layers of fitted stone. |
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| Differing thickness of courses have been laid. Here we see two courses of large stones interspersed with lighter material. This would be prized building material as we may note in the adjacent field and house walls. |
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| This north eastern quadrant has the most extant stretch of kerbing and shows the close setting of the stone ring. |
 In the foreground the small stone rows run round the monument some 7 metres outside the large menhir ring.. They appear to have been close-set triple lines of small stones with larger boulders spaced at intervals. |
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Stretching northward at about 100- 150 metres is the ruin of an impressive stone row. 
Looking to the south.  The longest stones here must have stood nearly two metres above ground. The original orientation may have been towards the chamber in the northern perimeter of the tumulus. This chamber has been excavated by an English archaeologist and remains of a young man interred here were noted. |
At about 200 metres to the south west lie three recumbent square-dressed stones.  These stones may be the toppled elements of a free-standing trilithon. The short stone may have been the lintel. The gouging on the upper surface now shows use as a grinding stone for sharpening scythes and swords. |
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This is how a trilithon structure, using the extant stones, might have appeared. |
Cup marks on the eastern recumbent.
 There are numerous ring shaped depressions on the stone lying to the east and a few on the western. Some of these may be typical megalithic cup-markings. |
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For more on cup-and-ring markings: Megalithic Mensuration 3. |
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More pages on m'Soura- m'Soura 1. m'Soura 3. |
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