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Remains of a cairn and site of cairns with cists. Hatton Cairn is one of nine cairns all situated within a few hundred yards of each other according to antiquarian reports. Some of the cairns were removed for building purposes, and when being cleared away, cists containing bones and urns were found in 1876-7. The remains of Hatton Cairn are defined by a stony bank circa 2.3m broad and 0.5m high, measuring 21.0m overall. Lying within this bank are a number of stony mounds, which are most likely the spoil heaps from earlier excavations. Excavations in the 19th century uncovered a series of burial cists containing prehistoric flint tools and pottery. The cairn measures 9.14m in diameter to the inner circle of large stones set on edge. Within the circle were discovered five or more cists (exact number not recorded). These cists averaged circa 3' x 1'6 inches, except for a central cist which was 1.27m x 0.61m. The first cist was discovered in 1876, and was the only one in which bones were found. The central cist contained only a scraper-shaped knife of agate. In a third cist were fragments of an urn. In 1877, a few more cists were uncovered, one of which contained an urn. Material from Hatton Cairn which was purchased for the NMAS from the Sturrock Collection in 1889 consisted of two food vessels and two scrapers and seven fragments of agate .It is probable that further burials survive within and under the mound.
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NO44SE0009 - HATTON CAIRN