Building record MAB28434 - WHITE COW WOOD

Remains of a chambered cairn, which once measured 3.04 m high but has since been reduced to a kerb of almost contiguous stones, containing an enigmatic feature variously described as a cist or the remains of a chamber.

Remains of a chambered cairn, which once measured 3.04 m high but has since been reduced to a kerb of almost contiguous stones, containing an enigmatic feature variously described as a cist or the remains of a chamber. The kerb stones have an average width of 0.6 m and height of 0.45 m, with the largest stones on the southern arc of the circle. Near a gap in the south arc are five large stones, removed to make way for the carts which removed the cairn material. On the east side, outside the kerb, there is a bank of cairn material about 1.82 m wide. The internal feature, once comprising of six supporting stones and a cover-stone, now consists of three upright stones, about 0.78 m high, enclosing a space within which is a larger slab lying prone. This slab appears to be intact and does not seem to have been a capstone. It may have stood at the 4th corner of the space formed by the uprights. While the chamber is not a normal cist, it is also difficult to classify as a chamber. The kerb of large boulders suggests a ring-cairn, but the rectangular chamber near the centre, of which the side slabs stand 0.5 m high, is atypical. The bank on the east has been reduced to circa 1 m wide. Serious vandalism occurred in summer of 1988 when the three vertical stones and slab of the central setting were moved. A small excavation cleared out a 1.1 m square area below the site of the 'coverstone' to reveal the stone sockets (much quartz in area). The stones were re-erected.

AB (1907), AB (1907) (Ground Photograph). SAB14860.

PETER, J, 1885, PSAS 19(1884-85) 370-378, 372, FIGS 2,3 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1415.

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SPENCE, J, 1890, T BUCHAN F C 1(1889-90), 44-5; 75-7 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1808.

COLES, FR, 1904, STONE CIRCLES OF THE NORTH-EAST OF SCOTLAND IN PSAS 38(1903-04) 256-305, 275-8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB261.

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KEILLER, A, 1928, FINAL REPORT UPON SUCH OF THE MEGALITHIC MOMUMENTS OF ABERDEENSHIRE AS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED AS ANCIENT MONUMENTS, 18-19 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1031.

MOW, 1961, A M'S SCOT, 8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1166.

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HENSHALL, AS, 1963, CHAMBERED TOMBS OF SCOT 1, 33 (Bibliographic reference). SAB724.

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THOM, A, 1980, BAR 81, 158 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1922.

HENSHALL, AS, 1983, STONE AGE TO THE '45,19-44, 544 (Bibliographic reference). SAB727.

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BARCLAY, G. J., 1989, WHITE COW WOOD CAIRN & STONE SETTING (Bibliographic reference). SAB3730.

Aug 21 1984 , CO 8-25, CO 8-25 (Ground Photograph). SAB14861.

Aug 21 1984 , CP 4-7, CP 4-7 (Ground Photograph). SAB14862.

Aug 25 1986 , AAS/86/05/S7/10, AAS/86/05/S7/10 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB14859.

Jul 7 1985 , ER 17-20, ER 17-20 (Ground Photograph). SAB14865.

Nov 13 1997 , AAS/97/13/CT, AAS/97/13/CT (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16982.

Nov 13 1997 , AAS/97/13/G29/4-7, AAS/97/13/G29/4-7 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB16981.

Sep 7 1988 , HS 1-30, HS 1-30 (Ground Photograph). SAB14863.

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Sep 26 2024 1:23PM