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Corbie Knap is a Bronze Age cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The monument comprises a stone mound typical of funerary structures from the second millennium BCE, when such cairns served as burial monuments for individuals of presumed social importance. The site is recorded in the Historic Environment Scotland register under designation SM3251. Like many Aberdeenshire cairns, it represents the archaeological evidence of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in northeast Scotland.
Corbie Knap,cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3251. View the official record →
Corbie Knap is a Bronze Age cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3251.
Corbie Knap,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 SM3251.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn Catto,long cairn (2 km), Boddam Den,flint mining complex,Sandfordhill (3 km), Boddam Castle (4.9 km).
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