Building record MAB29596 - CAIRN CATTO
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Summary
Remains of a long cairn.
Protected Status/Designation
- Scheduled Monument 3276
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NK 0741 4212 (97m by 97m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NK04SE |
| Authority | Aberdeenshire |
| Civil Parish | Longside |
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Remains of a long cairn. Although the plan of this great wedge-shaped long cairn is rather disturbed, it is still an important feature in the Buchan landscape, lying at 80 m OD in very open, rolling country. The cairn is built of many heavy stones, still bare, and is aligned northwest-southeast. It is 48 m long, and higher and wider at the rounded south-eastern end, which is 22 m across and 1.8 m high. The northeast side is well defined and appears little disturbed. The southwest side has been robbed, from near the southeast end for about a third of its length. Various deep holes have been made in the southeast end by pulling away the stones but no internal structure is to be seen. Two stone axes were found at the cairn in 1885, now in the Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead. There may formerly have been cists visible within the cairn.
COLES, FR, 1904, STONE CIRCLES OF THE NORTH-EAST OF SCOTLAND IN PSAS 38(1903-04) 256-305, 259-60 (Bibliographic reference). SAB261.
STONE AXES
HENSHALL, AS, 1963, CHAMBERED TOMBS OF SCOT 1, 394 (Bibliographic reference). SAB724.
STONE AXES
SHEPHERD, IAG, 1988, PREHISTORIC GD, 63-4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1857.
SHEPHERD, IAG, 1988, THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY SUMMER CONFERENCE 1988: ABERDEEN AND NORTH EAST SCOTLAND, 63-4 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1744.
SHEPHERD, I, 1996, ABERDEEN AND NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND (2ND ED), p. 167 (Bibliographic reference). SAB4829.
ALEXANDER, D, 1999, STONEYHILL LANDFILL, PETERHEAD. CFA REPORT No. 482 (Bibliographic reference). SAB72.
ASSESSMENT
Aug 5 1988 , GB 8-24, GB 8-24 (Ground Photograph). SAB15012.
Jan 1 1979 , AAS/GR/79/CT74,93, AAS/GR/79/CT74,93 (Ground Photograph). SAB32556.
Other Statuses/References
- Authority: ASH;
- HES Scheduled Monument Number: 3276;
- NMR Card Number: NK04SE3;
- NRHE Numlink: 21054;
- Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NK04SE0027;
External Links (2)
- https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM3276 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
- https://www.trove.scot/place/21054 (trove.scot link)
Sources/Archives (8)
- --- SAB15012 Ground Photograph: Aug 5 1988 . GB 8-24. Black & White. GB 8-24.
- --- SAB1744 Bibliographic reference: SHEPHERD, IAG. 1988. THE PREHISTORIC SOCIETY SUMMER CONFERENCE 1988: ABERDEEN AND NORTH EAST SCOTLAND. Y. 63-4.
- --- SAB1857 Bibliographic reference: SHEPHERD, IAG. 1988. PREHISTORIC GD. Y. 63-4.
- --- SAB261 Bibliographic reference: COLES, FR. 1904. STONE CIRCLES OF THE NORTH-EAST OF SCOTLAND IN PSAS 38(1903-04) 256-305. 259-60.
- --- SAB32556 Ground Photograph: Jan 1 1979 . AAS/GR/79/CT74,93. Colour Transparency. AAS/GR/79/CT74,93.
- --- SAB4829 Bibliographic reference: SHEPHERD, I. 1996. ABERDEEN AND NORTH-EAST SCOTLAND (2ND ED). p. 167.
- --- SAB72 Bibliographic reference: ALEXANDER, D. 1999. STONEYHILL LANDFILL, PETERHEAD. CFA REPORT No. 482.
- --- SAB724 Bibliographic reference: HENSHALL, AS. 1963. CHAMBERED TOMBS OF SCOT 1. 394.
Finds (1)
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Related Events/Activities (2)
Record last edited
Sep 3 2024 10:14AM
