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Cluseburn
Cairn(S) (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Site Name Cluseburn
Classification Cairn(S) (Prehistoric), Enclosure (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 36807
Site Number NO87NW 3
NGR NO 82003 76285
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36807
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Arbuthnott
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO87NW 3 819 762.
There are three turf-covered cairns and the possible remains of a fourth on a prominent shoulder on the W side of Water Hill, at approximately 110m OD.
'A', at NO 8200 7628, is a fine example 13.0m in diameter and 1.0m high, with a slightly hollowed centre.
'B', at NO 8189 7628, is greatly reduced and in not such a prominent position further down the slope. It is 14.0m in diameter and 0.6m
high. An upright stone, oriented E-W, 0.6m long and protruding 0.2m through the turf exactly in the centre of the cairn, may be a cist stone.
'C', at NO 8202 7626, 15.0m in diameter, is so heavily robbed that all that remains is the perimeter, visible as a low, circular bank 0.3m high.
'D', at NO 8198 7629, is a small, turf-covered mound, 6.0m in diameter, with its centre hollowed. It is possibly a cairn, despite being so much smaller than the others.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 18 December 1967
(A: NO 8200 7628; B: NO 8189 7628; C: NO 8202 7626; D: NO 8198 7629) Cairns (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1973)
Field Visit (March 1982)
Cluseburn 1 NO 819 76 NO87NW 3
On the SW shoulder of Water Hill, about 300m E of Cluseburn farmhouse, there are the remains of at least five cairns and an enclosure. The first cairn, situated on the summit, measures 14m in diameter and 1 m in height; 17m to the NW, a second, smaller, cairn has recently been reduced by ploughing to a mere spread of stones, and 105m to the W there is a third cairn, about 13.5m in diameter and 0.6m high. The fourth and fifth cairns, situated 55m SSE and 105m SE respectively of the first, are visible as low stony mounds. The enclosure, which lies 28m SE of the summit cairn, measures 10.3m by 9.6m within a low stony bank up to 3m thick on each side of the entrance on the E.
RCAHMS 1982, visited March 1982
