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East Finnercy is a cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, standing approximately 330 metres west-north-west of East Finnercy itself. The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the scheduled monument reference SM6076. Cairns of this type are characteristic Bronze Age funerary monuments, though this example remains undated by excavation.
The cairn sits upon bedrock composed of an unnamed igneous intrusion of felsic rock, formed during the Early Devonian period. This geological foundation of light-coloured igneous material would have presented specific quarrying and construction conditions for those who built the monument, with stone sources available directly from the local bedrock or from weathered material derived from it.
The surrounding Aberdeenshire landscape, with its rolling topography and moorland character, situates East Finnercy within a region rich in prehistoric funerary monuments. The protection afforded by scheduled monument status recognises its significance to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in northeast Scotland.
East Finnercy,cairn 330m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6076. View the official record →
East Finnercy is a cairn located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, standing approximately 330 metres west-north-west of East Finnercy itself. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM6076.
East Finnercy,cairn 330m WNW of 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 SM6076.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Little Eddieston Cottage, hut circle 155m NE of (3.3 km), Little Eddieston Cottage, farmstead 235m E of (3.5 km), Bogton, cairn, field system and trackway 250m NE of (6.8 km).
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East Finnercy,cairn 330m WNW of stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Late Silurian To Early Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is felsic-rock.