Hatton
Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Hatton
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Stone Circle
Canmore ID 35867
Site Number NO66NE 10
NGR NO 67477 67654
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35867
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Marykirk
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO66NE 10 6748 6765.
(NO 6748 6765) Stone Circle (NR) (remains of)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1978)
Nearly circular and evidently composed of loose stones this is called by old people 'the Catholic Chapel', but by Brymer a 'Druidical Temple'.
Name Book 1863; Statistical Account (OSA) 1796.
A circular hollow called 'the Papish Kirk'.
A Jervise 1875-9.
A prostrate monolith measuring 1.8m in length by 0.6m in width and 0.4m in thickness, situated on the S side of the circle published on OS 25" map is all that survives in afforestation.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 27 August 1971.
Field Visit (September 1981)
Hatton Mains NO 674 676 NO66NE 10
What may be the remains of a cairn are situated in the SE corner of a plantation 150m NW of Hatton Mains farmhouse.
RCAHMS 1982, visited September 1981
(Name Book, Kincardine, No. 16, p. 68)
