Catto_Long_Barrow

Cairn Catto

Cairn Catto

Neolithic long cairn

Cairn Catto is a Neolithic long cairn near the village of Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973.

Cairn Catto

Description

Cairn Catto is located southeast of Longside, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The site is four miles north-west of Cruden Bay, to the west of the minor road between the A952 and the A950.[1]

The existing monument measures 47.18 by 18.28 metres (154.8 ft × 60.0 ft).[2] It consists of several mounds of pink-granite stones of great length. The southwest end of the cairn has been robbed. Several holes have been discovered on the southeastern edge of the cairn.[3] The Arbuthnot Museum in Peterhead houses two stone axes that were found at Cairn Catto in 1885.[4] Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Cairn Catto". Britain Express. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Aberdeenshire SMR - NK04SE0027 - Cairn Catto". Aberdeenshire Council. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Cairn Catto". Canmore. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Cairn Catto". Canmore. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Cairn Catto, long cairn". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 28 September 2022.

57.4694°N 1.8780°W / 57.4694; -1.8780

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