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Black Cairn is a Bronze Age cairn located approximately 990 metres north-west of Tocherford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a mound of stones typical of burial cairns constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as prominent landscape markers and repositories for the dead. The site is recorded within the Scottish national heritage designation system and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices in north-east Scotland. As with many cairns of this period, it would have originally formed a more substantial and visible feature in the landscape than may be apparent from its current condition.
Black Cairn, cairn 990m NW of Tocherford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12172. View the official record →
Black Cairn is a Bronze Age cairn located approximately 990 metres north-west of Tocherford in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12172.
Black Cairn, cairn 990m NW of Tocherford is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM12172.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Durno, Roman temporary camp, 420m ESE of Westerton (6.7 km), Pitscurry, cairn 410m N of (7.4 km), Hatton of Ardoyne,stone circle 350m SE of (7.4 km).
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