Aberdeenshire HER - NJ72SE0005 - DRUM'S CAIRN

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ72SE0005
Name	DRUM'S CAIRN
NMRS Card No.	NJ72SE2
NMRS Numlink	18890
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of a cairn, which marked the burial place, or the spot where he fell, of Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum, who was killed at the Battle of Harlaw. It is marked at this location on the 1st and 2nd edition OS maps, and on modern maps, as the 'Site of Drum's Cairn'. The surrounding area is strewn with stones from field clearance but there are no certain remains of a cairn.
Last Update	01/05/2013

National Grid Reference: NJ 7514 2410

Easting: 389133, Northing: 791812

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Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS	MEMORIAL	SITE OF	A	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Chapel of Garioch
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Automated
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Known Site Extent

Environment

Constraints	No access.
Altitude	98
Geology
Topography	Summit
Aspect 1	360
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type	3sw
Hydrology

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Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Medieval (1100 - 1560 AD)	A	100

Period Notes

Period Notes

24 July 1411.

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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