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Crab's Cairn
Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Crab's Cairn
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Loirston; Tullos Hill; Peterseat
Canmore ID 20240
Site Number NJ90SE 4
NGR NJ 9632 0376
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/20240
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Nigg (City Of Aberdeen)
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Kincardineshire
NJ90SE 4 9632 0376
See also NJ90SE 2, NJ90SE 5, NJ90SE 6.
(NJ 9632 0376) Crab's Cairn (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1974).
Crab's Cairn (Anon 1901) measures 14 metres in diameter and 1.7 metres in height. It has been mutilated by wartime installations.
Visited by OS (JLD) 31 July 1952.
As described.
Visited by OS (EGC) 9 November 1961.
A short cist containing 'an urn 6 inches high, formed of dark baked earth, with a yellowish crust, figured simply' was found in this cairn in the late 18th century.
OSA 1791-9.
Air photographic coverage listed.
NMRS, MS/712/19.
This cairn, which lies within an area of unimproved ground 280m NE of Peterseat farmsteading (NJ90SE 75), measures 11m in diameter by 1.1m in height. The cairn comprises a mass of loose stones and boulders, but it is also surmounted by a modern heap of stones and is crossed by a field-wall.
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG), 30 September 1996.
Scheduled as Crab's Cairn.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 16 July 2002.
