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Latitude: 56.7883 / 56°47'17"N
Longitude: -2.6015 / 2°36'5"W
OS Eastings: 363351
OS Northings: 766468
OS Grid: NO633664
Mapcode National: GBR WY.VK4G
Mapcode Global: WH8R3.0MGV
Entry Name: Capo Plantation, long barrow
Scheduled Date: 1 March 1988
Last Amended: 22 March 2002
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4444
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long barrow
Location: Fettercairn
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Mearns
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
The monument is a well preserved and massive Neolithic long burial barrow. The barrow is oriented E-W and is 80m long, 25m wide at the E end and 10m wide at the W end. At the E end it is 2.5m high. It has a regular smooth profile. The area to be scheduled measures 100m (E-W) x 45m (N-S) and is likely to include traces of ritual and ceremonial activities associated with construction of the mound and with the burials in it.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as an exceptionally fine field monument and because it has the potential to enlarge our understanding of Neolithic burial practices and rituals. Information from the well preserved old ground surface underneath could potentially tell us about Neolithic vegetation and landuse in the area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 66 NW 28.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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