Scheduled MonumentsScotlandChapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn
Cairn

Chapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn

Scotland
HES SM12178
Site type
Cairn
Nation
Scotland
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Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Chapel o' Sink Cairn is a Bronze Age cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a rubble mound characteristic of funerary monuments from the second millennium BCE. Like other cairns of this period in northeast Scotland, it represents evidence of burial practices and territorial markers from prehistoric communities. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland inventory under the reference SM12178.

Chapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12178. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Chapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn?

Chapel o' Sink Cairn is a Bronze Age cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM12178.

Who is responsible for protecting Chapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn?

Chapel o' Sink Cairn, 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 SM12178.

What other scheduled monuments are near Chapel o' Sink Cairn, cairn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Newton of Braco, ring-cairn 740m W of (1.8 km), Abersnithack Lodge, enclosure 165m N of (2.7 km), St Finian's Chapel, 85m E of Abersnithack Lodge (2.7 km).

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