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Cairn Catto is a Neolithic long cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating to the early Neolithic period. The monument represents the funerary and ceremonial traditions of Scotland's earliest farming communities, constructed during the fourth millennium BCE. Long cairns of this type typically served as communal burial monuments, though the specific dimensions and construction details of Cairn Catto reflect the regional variations characteristic of the northeast Scottish Neolithic tradition. The site remains an important archaeological record of early agricultural settlement and mortuary practice in the region.
Cairn Catto,long cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3276. View the official record →
Cairn Catto is a Neolithic long cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, dating to the early Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3276.
Cairn Catto,long cairn dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a long cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cairn Catto,long cairn 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 SM3276.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Corbie Knap,cairn (2 km), Boddam Den,flint mining complex,Sandfordhill (4 km), Easterton of Lenabo, airship station 750m ESE of (4.4 km).
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