Cairnbrogie
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S), Coin(S) (Gold), Trough
Site Name Cairnbrogie
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn(S), Coin(S) (Gold), Trough
Alternative Name(s) Cairn Brogie; Yowlie Burn
Canmore ID 19661
Site Number NJ82NW 33
NGR NJ 8499 2740
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19661
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Tarves
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ82NW 33 8499 2740
See also NJ82NW 110.
(NJ 8499 2740) Cairn Brogie (NR) (Site of) Urns, Human Remains and Gold Coins found (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A cairn of considerable size stood on the Hill of Cairnbrogie within living memory. Urns, human remains, gold coins and a stone 'trough' are reported to have been found when the cairn was removed. The 'trough', of red sandstone, neatly chiselled 2' x 1'3" x 8" deep is at Cairnbrogie. (NJ 85 27).
Name Book 1868.
No trace. This site is on top of the hill, in a cultivated field. No knowledge of the 'trough' at Cairnbrogie.
Visited by OS (RL) 4 April 1972.
The indicated location is on the top of a hill, in arable ground and at an altitude of 136m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/80.
Nothing is visible of this cairn, which stood at the edge of what is now a cultivated field about 490m N of Cairnbrogie farmsteading (NJ82NW 163). The present whereabouts of the 'urns', 'gold coins', and the stone 'trough' are not known.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 14 April 1999.