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Latitude: 56.6313 / 56°37'52"N
Longitude: -3.1686 / 3°10'7"W
OS Eastings: 328405
OS Northings: 749438
OS Grid: NO284494
Mapcode National: GBR VD.FCVP
Mapcode Global: WH6PB.9LC7
Entry Name: Kirkhowe of Ruthven,cairn 580m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 14 December 1999
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM7079
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain)
Location: Ruthven
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Strathmore
Traditional County: Angus
The monument comprises a burial cairn of prehistoric date, visible as a bracken- and tree-covered mound.
The monument lies in a mature conifer plantation at around 90m OD. It comprises a cairn measuring about 28m in diameter by about 2m high. The centre of the cairn has been extensively disturbed.
Cairns of this type are burial monuments dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age, and may be expected to contain at least one burial, as well as other material relating to their mode of construction and use.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to be found. It is circular with a diameter of 50m, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric burial and ritual practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NO 24 NE 7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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