Allanshaw, Inverurie
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Allanshaw, Inverurie
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 80737
Site Number NJ71NE 101
NGR NJ 7795 1948
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kintore
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ71NE 101 7795 1948
NJ 779 194. A short cist was discovered while digging in a garden, c10.75m NE of one of the avenues leading to Broomend of Crichie henge (NJ71NE 6). A large cracked capstone 1.40m by 1m by 0.16m thick
overlay the cist. This in turn had been covered by a small cairn of water-rounded stones. The cist was well built with clay lutting in the corners, forming tight joints. No artefacts or skeletal material was found within the infilled cist.
Sponsor: Grampian Regional Council.
M Greig and AN Shepherd 1993.
NMRS, MS/712/6.
There is no change to the existing record.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 29 October 1996.
