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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

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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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