Longcairn
Long Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Longcairn
Classification Long Cairn (Neolithic)
Alternative Name(s) Cloghill; West Hatton; Kingwells; Wester Hatton; Long Cairn
Canmore ID 19309
Site Number NJ80NE 13
NGR NJ 8512 0705
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19309
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Newhills
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ80NE 13 8512 0705.
(NJ 8512 0705) Long Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, 1901.
This heavily-robbed cairn is situated on a slight ridge on the SW slope of Cloghill. At present it is a mound of stones at least 170 feet (51.9m) long and 38 feet (17.9m) broad, rising to two peaks about 9 feet (2.7m) high. As its length is quoted in the OSA (1793) as 108 feet, it is probable that field stones have been added to it since then. A number of large boulders along the northern margin of the cairn may be in situ. Neither burial chamber nor 'horns' were seen but 'many years ago' a cist was found in the cairn and the slabs removed to make a roadside water-trough, itself subsequently removed.
J G Callander 1925
The slabs of the cist now form a water-trough at Wester Hatton.
J Cruickshank 1934
The remains of this cairn are as described by the above authorities. The water-trough was not located.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 6 November 1961.
(Cloghill). The remains of this unchambered long cairn are very dilapidated, the scatter of stones stretching over a distance of 170 ft (51.8m) with a general width of 38 ft (11.6m). It has been damaged both by the robbery of stones and by the addition to it of small stones cleared from fields, as it was described in the 1790's as being only 108 ft (32.9m) long but of the same width.
R W Feachem 1963.
Long Cairn [NR]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1987.
(Name cited as Wester Hatton).
NMRS, MS/712/75.
The remains of this long cairn are situated on the leading edge of a terrace on the SW flank of Cloghill, some 280m SSE of Long Cairn farmsteading (NJ80NE 184). The cairn has been heavily robbed, and much of the present mound is evidently the result of field-clearance. Nevertheless, the original outline of the cairn is still roughly preserved, measuring about 52m from ESE to WNW by a maximum of 12m transversely, lying parallel to the SW side of a field of pasture.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 26 June 1996.