Scheduled Monument
Blue Cairn, long cairn 750m ESE of TillydukeSM2387
Status: Designated
Documents
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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.
Summary
- Date Added
- 03/03/1964
- Last Date Amended
- 18/08/1999
- Type
- Prehistoric ritual and funerary: long cairn
- Local Authority
- Aberdeenshire
- Parish
- Coull
- NGR
- NJ 49086 00596
- Coordinates
- 349086, 800596
Description
The monument comprises a long cairn situated in a valley between three hills. The monument is already scheduled but the area protected is inadequate to cover the whole extent of archaeological interest. This rescheduling rectifies the deficiency.
The long cairn is composed of large boulders, is aligned roughly E-W and has a horned forecourt on the E. It is about 53m long and about 18m wide at the E end. It varies in height from about 1.8m at the E to 0.6m at the W end. About 12m from the E end the cairn is lower and narrower which gives the impression that the E and W parts of the monument may have been built at different times.
The area to be scheduled is irregular on plan and measures a maximum of 130m E-W by 60m N-S, to include the long cairn and an area around it in which traces of activities associated with the construction and use of the monument may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map extract.
References
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