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Latitude: 57.0179 / 57°1'4"N
Longitude: -2.3595 / 2°21'34"W
OS Eastings: 378266
OS Northings: 791925
OS Grid: NO782919
Mapcode National: GBR XB.P0DS
Mapcode Global: WH8Q1.QVLV
Entry Name: Cairn-mon-earn,cairn
Scheduled Date: 18 December 1990
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4892
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 summit of Cairn-mon-earn, measuring 17m in diameter and 3m in height. It has been disturbed by the insertion of an OS triangulation pillar, by the construction of the foundations of a fire watching hut and by the building of small shelters from the stone; none of these will have disturbed the deposits under the
cairn. An area measuring 30m 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 very substantial burial cairn, set in a prominent position, which has the potential to enhance considerably our understanding of prehistoric burials and the ceremonial activities associated with them. The superficial distburbance to the cairn will not have diminished the archaeological value of the deposits under it.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 79 SE 6.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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