Aberdeenshire HER - NJ51SE0006 - CARNAVERON

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ51SE0006
Name	CARNAVERON
NRHE Card No.	NJ51SE6
NRHE Numlink	17592
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a cairn. A cairn measuring 120ft (circa 36.5m) in diameter and 25ft (circa 7.6m) in height was partially removed before 1840 revealing several cists. In one of the cists was an urn which contained ashes and pieces of bone. partly removed before 1840. RCAHMS site visit 1994 recorded the remains of the cairn which has largely been reduced to a scatter of small quarry pits and spreads of stone now turfed over. On the west and southwest are four or five possible kerb stones.
Last Update	11/08/2020
Updated By	cpalmer

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Date of Compilation

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National Grid Reference: NJ 5646 1281

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
0	0	URN		Excavation

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

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