Building record MAB28435 - KNAPPERTY HILL

Remains of long cairn of horned type, situated just below the crest of a hill at 410ft OD.

Remains of long cairn of horned type, situated just below the crest of a hill at 410ft OD. The mound, grass covered and composed of earth and stone, has been much robbed, particularly at the east end, which has been removed to ground level, and its original form cannot be traced. It is about 67m long but would have been circa 86m before robbing. The long axis lies east-northeast to west-northwest. The largest width is across the west end. The height is reduced to a slight rise at the west end. Evidently up until 1850, 'a cairn higher than a body' stood at each end of the mound. These were both removed for building dykes. There were a number of cists burials found, and the remains of a cist can be seen 47ft from the west end. Made of rounded stones it measures 1'6- wide, 3' long by 1' deep, and contained several small finds. A superbly sited and substantially intact long cairn of great potential. The remains of this long cairn had Neolithic pottery (now lodged in the Arbuthnott Museum, Peterhead) was found in them.

HENSHALL, AS, 1963, CHAMBERED TOMBS OF SCOT 1, 395 FIG (Bibliographic reference). SAB724.

POT SHERDS

HENSHALL, AS, 1983, STONE AGE TO THE '45,19-44, 29,33,40 (Bibliographic reference). SAB727.

POT SHERDS

Aug 7 1981 , AAS/81/9/CT 14-23, AAS/81/9/CT 14-23 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB18686.

Jan 1 1981 , AAS/81/09/S8 3 frames, AAS/81/09/S8 3 frames (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB32250.

Mar 1 2011 , AAS/2011/2/DG33800-87, AAS/2011/2/DG33800-87 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB13344.

Mar 17 2005 , AAS/05/01/CT67-9, AAS/05/01/CT67-9 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB12559.

Mar 17 2005 , AAS/05/01/G1/8-9, AAS/05/01/G1/8-9 (Air-oblique Photograph). SAB33973.

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