Aberdeenshire HER - NJ72SE0009 - MACLEAN'S CAIRN

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ72SE0009
Name	MACLEAN'S CAIRN
NMRS Card No.	NJ72SE9
NMRS Numlink	18967
Site Form	Documentary Record Only
Site Condition	Destroyed
Details	Site of cairn where Maclean was said to have been buried after being killed at the Battle of Harlaw by Sir Alexander Irvine of Drum. No local knowledge and no visible evidence of cairn.
Last Update	01/05/2013

National Grid Reference: NJ 7519 2423

Easting: 380200, Northing: 825600

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Date of Compilation

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		SITE OF	A	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01557	New Statistical Account					EDINBURGH	No12(1845) 569		1845

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	95
Geology
Topography	Summit
Aspect 1	360
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Arable
Vegetation
Soil Type	3sw
Hydrology

Measurements

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Depth
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Height

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

Battle in 1411.

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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