Monument record MAB25990 - TULLOS CAIRN

Remains of a large cairn, badly mutilated.

Remains of a large cairn, badly mutilated. This is the largest, most northerly and best preserved cairn, one of four large stone cairns on a ridge on Tullos Hill. They form the remains of an important Bronze Age cemetery, probably dating to the early 2nd millennium BC. Unlike the other three, this cairn is not located on the skyline. Instead it lies on the north flank of a slightly terraced area on Tullos Hill. The original shape of the cairn has been lost as there are several indentations, which may be the result of stone removal or illicit excavations in the past. It measures roughly 20m in diameter and 2.5m high. The naming of the cairns on Tullos Hill is recent. Brown's map of the area in 1777 is the first very detailed map of the area (it is held in the city archives). It reveals that Tullos cairn was so named in 1777 but none of the rest of the cairns had their modern names at that point. Recorded by CFA field survey in 2004 (NJ90SE0586).

CFA ARCHAEOLOGY, 2004, TULLOS HILL, ABERDEEN, WALKOVER SURVEY (Bibliographic reference). SAB7086.

ABERDEEN CITY COUNCIL, 2016, A GUIDE TO THE HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF TULLOS HILL (Bibliographic reference). SAB8382.

IRONSIDEFARRAR, 2023, ENERGY TRANSITION ZONE PPIP APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT CHAPTER 15: CULTURAL HERITAGE (Bibliographic reference). SAB884.

Aug 5 1988 , AAS/88/08/S16/13, 14, AAS/88/08/S16/13, 14 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB34024.

Aug 19 1987 , AAS/87/02/S2/2, AAS/87/02/S2/2 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB34023.

Mar 15 2001 , AAS-01-2-G3-11, AAS-01-2-G3-11 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB34053.

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Apr 1 2026 3:10PM