Cairnpapple Hill: plans of excavations 1947-8
SC 345626
Description Cairnpapple Hill: plans of excavations 1947-8
Catalogue Number SC 345626
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 94050 S
Scope and Content Henge monument and cairn at Cairnpapple Hill, West Lothian The henge is defined by a pair of rock-cut ditches with external banks. Its construction belonged to the second phase and was associated with an oval setting of 24 standing stones and two burials. Both burials were accompanied by a Beaker. This is the plan of the site that appears in the excavation report. The five main phases are indicated. The first was a cremation cemetery, followed by the henge, then a cairn, which was subsequently doubled in size, and finally four inhumation burials. This henge still survives as an earthwork and is situated on the summit of Cairnpapple Hill. In 1947-8, the interior was completely excavated and several sections were dug across the ditch. As a result, five main phases of activity were identified. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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