EAB15520 - Removal of Cairn (Excavation) - HILL OF BOGHEAD

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Location

Grid reference
Map sheet	Not recorded
Authority	Aberdeenshire
Civil Parish	Kintore

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

Not recorded.

Date

1789

Description

In 1789 Mr John Lumsden presented an armlet of opaque white glass and pieces of a jet necklace to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. They were found when he was removing one of the larger cairns on the the Hill of Boghead a short distance north of the steading of Boghead.

Sources/Archives (2)

--- SAB1269 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. NSA. (1843) 659.
--- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. No51(1864) 124.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

MAB56231 HILL OF BOGHEAD (Document)

Record last edited

Jul 7 2026 12:21PM

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