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Leochel-cushnie

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Leochel-cushnie

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Leochel-cushnie Churchyard

Canmore ID 17608

Site Number NJ51SW 4

NGR NJ 5298 1078

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Leochel-cushnie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ51SW 4 5298 1078.

(NJ 5298 1078) Cairn (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

A large cairn overlaid by the churchyard wall (NJ51SW 76). Half outside the wall remains, the other half was used for building the wall.

Name Book 1867.

The cairn has been almost entirely removed, only slight indications of the wall are remaining obscured by a heavy growth of vegetation.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS

Activities

Field Visit (September 1994)

There are no visible traces of this cairn in overgrown ground adjacent to the church wall.

Visited by RCAHMS (SDB) September 1994

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