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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 686384
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/686384
NO29SE 6 26 93.
Three short stone cists containing ashes and bones were found before June, 1864 on top of Craigbeg, near Lochnagar Distillery. Each cist was surrounded by a circle of stones about 15 feet in diameter, possibly peristaliths, the stones weighing between 5 and 15 cwts. About a foot from one of the cists was found a carved stone ball, about 3 inches in diameter, with six circular discs, from one to two inches in diameter, cut on its surface. It was given to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) - AS 6- by Mr Begg, Lochnagar Distillery, on 13th June, 1864. (See also NO39SW 3.)
J A Smith 1876; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1865; NMAS 1892.
Craigbeg is not known in the locality. a 'small crag' at NO 264 937 overlooking Lochnagar Distillery (NO 2665 9385) is the most likely situation, but there is no trace of stone circles or cairns on its summit.
Visited by OS (R L) 26 October 1967.
