Aberdeenshire HER - NJ52SE0011 - CORRIE CAIRN

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Primary ReferenceNJ52SE0011
NameCORRIE CAIRN
NRHE Card No.NJ52SE13
NRHE Numlink 17683
HES SM No. NULL
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Possible Recumbent Stone Circle and cairn, mutilated by excavation. The cairn is formed of small boulders which rested on a foundation of large stones on the outside. Cairn was formed into a ridge all round, higher than general ground surface, and from this sloped down to centre. A standing stone stood on the west side of cairn and a smaller stone stood slightly outside the cairn at the east side. The cairn contained five cists, three with urns and one with unburnt bones. In the ridge two cinerary urns had been deposited, one inverted on a stone slab. Another hole held unburnt bone. In centre of cairn a great deposit of burnt earth and stones with small fragments of urn and charred wood, also numerous chips of white quartz.
Last Update09/09/2019
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Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
1864 Excavation

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Date MDate YArtefact TypeFinderRecovery MethodConditionStorage LocationAccess No.
01864 BEAKER Excavation National Museum of Scotland EA 21
01864 BEAKER Excavation National Museum of Scotland EE 23

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
STONE-CIRCLES RECUMBENTA80
CAIRNS REMAINS OFB100
STANDING-STONES  C100
CISTSBURIALSITE OFD100
URNSCINERARY F100
FOOD-VESSELS  G100
BONESHUMANFRAGMENTH100
NODULESQUARTZ I100