Moray HER - NJ46NE0005 - MOSS HILL

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ46NE0005
Name	MOSS HILL
NRHE Card No.	NJ46NE6
NRHE Numlink	17406
HES SM No.	11041
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of two cairns, surviving as low mounds. Cramond in 1895 recorded that a short cists was found in the eastern cairn, the flat stones which it comprised it then remaining. It contained an urn and bones. OS site visit in 1964 found no evidence of any excavation or trace of the slabs mentioned by Cramond. The whereabouts of the 'urns and bones' is not known. See also NJ46NE0015 for another cairn in the area.
Last Update	27/05/2024
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

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National Grid Reference: NJ 4931 6541

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
0	0	URNS				Lost

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS		REMAINS OF	A	100
CISTS	BURIAL	SITE OF	B	80
URNS		SITE OF	C	85
BONES	HUMAN		D	80