Cairn Mude
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cairn Mude
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 17503
Site Number NJ50SE 7
NGR NJ 5887 0301
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17503
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Lumphanan
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ50SE 7 5887 0301.
A large cairn.
Name Book 1867.
A cairn of bare stones c. 13.0m in diameter and 2.0m high, situated on the summit of a shoulder of Stot Hill. It has been greatly robbed and disturbed.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS 25 October 1968.
Severely damaged by two recent trenches, c. 9m x 1m x 1.8m deep, dug at right angles to each other through the centre of the cairn.
I A G Shepherd 1976.
Cairn/field system visible on air photographs AAS/93/14/G28/15 and AAS/93/14/G29/14, 15. Copies held by Grampian Regional Council. Information from M Greig, Grampian Regional Council, March 1994.
