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One of two prominent grass-covered mounds (the second NJ96SW0025), probably modified natural knolls, used for prehistoric burials. East Castle Hill measures circa 40m in diameter, and at least four short cists have been uncovered in the near the base of the south-eastern quadrant. Three cists were found during sand quarrying in 1908, aligned northeast-southwest The first contained an unburnt human jaw, a semi-circular flint knife and a Ca type beaker (NMAS EQ 295). The second yielded a Cb type beaker (NMAS EQ 296) and the third a Cb type beaker (AAGM), a skeleton and fragments of wood and charcoal. The skeleton was of a male lying on its right side with the skull in the southeast corner of the cist, facing northwest. A fourth cist, found and excavated in 1932, from the same part of the mound yielded only a short-necked beaker, said to be in Aberdeen museum. No trace. Low (1924) also describes remains of a female skeleton and male skull from cists found at Boydlie in 1872, and presented to University of Aberdeen.
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