Aberdeenshire HER - NO77SE0001 - CAIRN OF ARTHURHOUSE

Main Details

Primary Reference	NO77SE0001
Name	CAIRN OF ARTHURHOUSE
NMRS Card No.	NO77SE1
NMRS Numlink	36485
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a cairn, turf-covered, composed mostly of rubble stones. The centre and the northeast arc are quarried away, but not down to ground level. There is no trace of a kerb. A 'stone coffin', 20 silver coins and a silver brooch was found in the cairn but it is unknown where they are now.
Last Update	31/05/2022

National Grid Reference: NO 7613 7475

Easting: 0, Northing: 0

Compiler
Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Date M	Date Y	Type	Duration	Director / Organisation	Auspices	Fund	Extent
				UNKNOWN

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
		SILVER COINS		Excavation		Lost
		SILVER BROOCH		Excavation		Lost

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
CAIRNS		REMAINS OF	A	100
CISTS	STONE	SITE OF	B	100
COINS	SILVER		C	100
BROOCHES	SILVER		D	100

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National Status

National Status
Scheduled (under AM + Arch Area Act 1979)

Regional Status

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01885	S KINC LIST					EDINBURGH	No19
01557	New Statistical Account					EDINBURGH	No11(1845) 38

Location

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

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - difficult access.
Altitude	115
Geology
Topography	Spur
Aspect 1	NE
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Mixed Woodland
Vegetation
Soil Type	3s
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length	21
Width	18.7
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Unknown	A	100

Period Notes

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Architect Details

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Maritime Archaeology

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