Aberdeenshire HER - NK04SE0027 - CAIRN CATTO

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Primary ReferenceNK04SE0027
NameCAIRN CATTO
NRHE Card No.NK04SE3
NRHE Numlink 21054
HES SM No. 3276
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Remains of a long cairn. Although the plan of this great wedge-shaped long cairn is rather disturbed, it is still an important feature in the Buchan landscape, lying at 80 m OD in very open, rolling country. The cairn is built of many heavy stones, still bare, and is aligned northwest-southeast. It is 48 m long, and higher and wider at the rounded south-eastern end, which is 22 m across and 1.8 m high. The northeast side is well defined and appears little disturbed. The southwest side has been robbed, from near the southeast end for about a third of its length. Various deep holes have been made in the southeast end by pulling away the stones but no internal structure is to be seen. Two stone axes were found at the cairn in 1885, now in the Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead. There may formerly have been cists visible within the cairn.
Last Update03/09/2024
Updated Bycherbert
Compiler 
Date of Compilation05/08/1988

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Event Details

Event DateEvent TypeOASIS ID
1885 Excavation

Excavations and Surveys


Artefact and Ecofact

Date MDate YArtefact TypeFinderRecovery MethodConditionStorage LocationAccess No.
 1885 STONE AXES UNK Excavation Unknown Aberdeenshire Museum Service  

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
CAIRNSLONG A100
AXESSTONE B100
CISTSBURIALREMAINS OFC90