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Erskine's Knap,burial mound 600m south east of Scotston

A Scheduled Monument in Mearns, Aberdeenshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 56.8518 / 56°51'6"N

Longitude: -2.4312 / 2°25'52"W

OS Eastings: 373799

OS Northings: 773455

OS Grid: NO737734

Mapcode National: GBR X7.81WN

Mapcode Global: WH8QZ.M1HN

Entry Name: Erskine's Knap,burial mound 600m SE of Scotston

Scheduled Date: 21 October 1991

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM5168

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow

Location: Laurencekirk

County: Aberdeenshire

Electoral Ward: Mearns

Traditional County: Kincardineshire

Description

The monument is a burial mound of the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age situated in arable land. It measures 40m in diameter and 1.8m in height. Excavation of comparable mounds in Tayside has shown that they can be between 3700 and 5000 years old and can have complex and long histories of use. At least one burial will lie under the mound

and others will probably have been cut into the mound during and after its construction.

The mound will also cover a contemporary land surface, on which may be preserved traces of prehistoric cultivation. The area to be scheduled measures 60m in diameter centred on the mound, to include the mound and an area around in which a quarry ditch and other features associated with it may survive, as marked on the attached map in red.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a well preserved substantial burial mound which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burial and ceremonial practices. The mound is of particular importance because few of this size survive in low lying situations in this area. The extensive contemporary ground surface sealed beneath the mound could increase our knowledge of prehistoric land use in lowland east Scotland.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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