Excavation

Date July 2010

Event ID 628009

Category Recording

Type Excavation

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NJ 9521 0323 (cairn) and NJ 9510 0346 (roundhouse) An excavation of two sites recorded during a survey in 2004 was carried out using local volunteers during July 2010. A cairn with a suspected robber pit in the centre, close to the scheduled Cat Cairn, was revealed to be a ring cairn. A cremation and a number of lithics were recovered from this site. A possible roundhouse on the northern slopes of the hill was found to have an eroded perimeter bank with facing stones. An internal drain was recorded but no clear postholes were identified in the bioturbated interior. Lithics and a single pot sherd were recovered.

Archive: Aberdeen City Council SMR and RCAHMS

Funder: Aberdeen City Council

Ian Suddaby – CFA Archaeology Ltd