Aberdeenshire HER - NJ71NW0004 - CHAPEL O'SINK

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Primary ReferenceNJ71NW0004
NameCHAPEL O'SINK
NRHE Card No.NJ71NW4
NRHE Numlink 18681
HES SM No. 12178
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a burial cairn, which consists of a near circular, uneven stony area edged with several kerb stones in the north, west and southwest areas. In the north five of these stones are contiguous but in the W they are intermittently placed, though a bedding trench can be seen between them where the stones have been removed. The southeast edge is not clear. There is a possibility that the 'remnants' are the remains of an internal cairn of a stone circle, however unless further evidence can be procured the site can be classified only as a robbed cairn. The cairn dates to the third millennium BC. The name is said to derive from an attempt to build a chapel here. Each night the walls sank out of sight and had to be built again each morning and the work was finally abandoned.
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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAIRNSBURIALREMAINS OFA100
CHAPELS SITE OFB75