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Latitude: 57.0339 / 57°2'2"N
Longitude: -2.4292 / 2°25'45"W
OS Eastings: 374046
OS Northings: 793730
OS Grid: NO740937
Mapcode National: GBR X6.W2CD
Mapcode Global: WH8Q0.NGFK
Entry Name: Cairnshee Wood,cairn 750m SSW of Cairnshee
Scheduled Date: 15 November 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4810
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Durris
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
Traditional County: Kincardineshire
The monument is a substantial burial cairn of the Early Bronze Age situated on the summmit of Cairnshee. It measures 23m in diameter and 3.6m in height. It has been slightly disturbed by the construction of small shelters from the stones but the burial deposits beneath the cairn will not have been disturbed. An area measuring 40m in diameter, centred on the cairn, is proposed for scheduling, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved and substantial burial mound which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burial practices and the ceremonial activities associated with them.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 79 SW 6.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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