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Bieldside
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bieldside
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 19386
Site Number NJ80SE 24
NGR NJ 8834 0279
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19386
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Peterculter
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80SE 24 8834 0279.
(NJ 8834 0279) Cairn (NR).
OS 6" map (1938)
This cairn is composed solely of loose stones and is 17.0 to 20.0m in diameter, with a height of 5.0m. Although many stones have apparently been removed from it it is still in a good state of preservation. There are traces of possible kerb-stones around the perimeter and, on the eastern segment, a possible berm.
Visited by OS (JLD) 31 July 1952.
This large cairn, which comprises a mass of loose boulders and measures up to 20m in diameter by 4m in height, is now entirely surrounded by a modern housing estate. No kerb stones are visible and the possible berm noted by the OS on the E side of the cairn is probably the result of recent stone-robbing.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ATW), 24 February 1997.
Watching Brief (27 June 2011)
A watching brief was maintained on 27 June 2011 during the excavation of a drainage trench along the S side of 37 Cairnlee Avenue East and c.4m N of the Bieldside Cairn, Cults - a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The trench was 15m long by 280mm wide and 450mm deep. No archaeological features or finds were evident.
Reports: Aberdeen City Council, Historic Scotland and RCAHMS
Funder: Mr and Mrs Rose
Murray Archaeological Servies Ltd 2011
Information also reported in Oasis (ID: mas1-113807) 30 January 2012
