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Scar Hill

Cairn (Period Unassigned), Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Scar Hill

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Clearance Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 17012

Site Number NJ40SE 15

NGR NJ 4768 0133

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Coull
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Kincardine And Deeside
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ40SE 15 4768 0133.

(NJ 4768 0133) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1901)

A large 40 foot cairn and eight smaller ones.

A Ogston 1931.

Large cairn c.17.0m diameter, c.1.7m high. All that remains of the other eight 'cairns' are a few slight ground swellings; apparently stone clearance heaps of minor importance.

Visited by OS (R L) 24 October 1968.

Air photographs: AAS/00/06/G20/7 and AAS/00/06/CT.

NMRS, MS/712/100.

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