Building record MAB21464 - WESTER FINTRAY

Remains of a cairn of small stones covered with sandy soil and turf in area of broad rig cultivation.

Remains of a cairn of small stones covered with sandy soil and turf in area of broad rig cultivation. A cup-marked stone has also been found at the monument. The southern-most part of the cairn has been separated from the rest by a dyke. There is another major disturbance on the southeast by farmer trenching and other minor disturbances. A sherd of pottery and a piece of burnt flint came from a rabbit scrape on the south side. While trenching, the farmer found 'flattish stones at two levels laid on very soft sand'. A single trench was excavated through the cairn in 2004 as part of the Kintore Landscape Project (NJ81NW0198). It revealed that the cairn lay on a natural knoll and was only 1.35m high. No kerb was identified but the work revealed that the lower portions of the cairn were unaffected by modern disturbance. The fill of the cairn was of angular to sub-rounded stones of local origin. At the base of the cairn was a thin charcoal layer. Investigation of the cup-marked stone confirmed that the stone was probably in situ, and subsequently subsumed within a later earth and stone bank. It also identified an additional seventh cup mark. Eight sherds of pottery recovered from the topsoil around the cup-marked stone appear to be Neolithic in date. Examination of the surrounding field recorded two other possible cup-marked stones, on exposed bedrock, each with a single cup.

AOC ARCHAEOLOGY, 2005, KINTORE LANDSCAPE PROJECT, PHASE 1: WESTER FINTRAY. DATA STRUCTURE REPORT, DSR (Bibliographic reference). SAB3622.

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