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Crab's Cairn is a Neolithic cairn located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a burial mound constructed during the Neolithic period, representing the funerary practices of prehistoric communities in northeast Scotland. Such cairns served as communal or family burial monuments and are characteristic of the monumental architecture built across Scotland during the fourth and third millennia before the present era. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Record and remains an important archaeological indicator of Neolithic settlement and ritual activity in the Mearns region.
Crab's Cairn, cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4060. View the official record →
Crab's Cairn is a Neolithic cairn located in Kincardineshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4060.
Crab's 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 SM4060.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tullos Cairn, cairn (0.5 km), Baron's Cairn, cairn (0.6 km), Loirston Country Park, cairn and dyke 220m NE of Cat Cairn (1.1 km).
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