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Glenshee
Cairn (Bronze Age)
Site Name Glenshee
Classification Cairn (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 17312
Site Number NJ44SE 11
NGR NJ 4502 4216
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17312
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glass
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ44SE 11 4502 4216.
See NJ44SW 4 for information on beaker
(NJ 4502 4216) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map 1959.
A large, unnamed mound of earth and stone.
Name Book (Aberdeen) 1871.
A beaker, which was preserved in the Brander Library, Huntly, in 1906 came from one of the cairns at Cairnmore ie this cairn or NJ44SW 4 and NJ44SW 5 or 6, which had been 'partially explored' some years before. It was broken in removal from the cairn.
F R Coles 1906.
A turf-covered cairn of earth-and-stones measuring about 32.0m ESE-WNW by about 27.0m with a maximum height of 4.0m. It has been slightly quarried in the S. It appears to have a turf-covered 'tail' extending about 10.0m to the WNW, which is accentuated on the S side by ploughing. It cannot now be established whether the 'tail' is a result of mutilation, or whether the monument has been similar to NJ 44SW 5 and the bulk of the tail has been removed.
Although this cairn shows no sign of having been dug out, it was stated independently by three former residents (Mr W MacGirvan, 'Bovington', Cairnborrow, Mr Alec Brandon, Terryhorn, Nr Cairnborrow and Mr Alec Maver, 'Thorneybrae', Huntly) of Cairnmore that a cist was found in it several years ago and until recently at least two of its slabs were laid on its surface. None of the informants, however, knew of any finds. No knowledge of the beaker at Huntly.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (ISS) 29 November 1972.
The alleged 'tail' seems to be natural, and has probably no archaeological significance.
Visited by OS (ECW) 1 February 1973.
Field Visit (22 March 1990)
This cairn occupies a prominent position on the SE flank of a rounded hill at the head of the valley of the Parkhall Burn. A substantial portion of the mound is probably natural, blending imperceptibly with the cairn on the W; overall the cairn measures about 28m from E to W by 24m transversely and ranges from about 1.5m in height on the uphill side to 4m on the downhill side (S and E). The 'tail' to the W described by the OS field surveyors forms part of the underlying natural mound.
Visited by RCAHMS (SH) 22 March 1990.
