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Latitude: 57.137 / 57°8'13"N
Longitude: -2.6985 / 2°41'54"W
OS Eastings: 357818
OS Northings: 805338
OS Grid: NJ578053
Mapcode National: GBR WV.47WD
Mapcode Global: WH7N5.JW62
Entry Name: Macbeth's Cairn, cairn 360m ENE of Ferneybrae
Scheduled Date: 13 August 1974
Last Amended: 12 February 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM3421
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Lumphanan
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
The monument comprises the remains of a cairn of prehistoric date. It stands approximately 1.2m high and is about 13m in diameter. This monument was scheduled in 1974, but the original scheduling inadequately defined the area. The monument is being rescheduled to clarify the extent of the protected area.
The area to be scheduled is a circle 35m in diameter centred on the centre of the cairn, to include the remains of the cairn and an area around in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the monument may survive, as shown in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as the substantial remains of a prehistoric cairn. It has the potential to provide important information about prehistoric ritual activity in this area.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS record the site as NJ50NE 10.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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