Laeca Burn is a stream in northeastern
Aberdeenshire,
Scotland
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. There are numerous
archaeological sites in the Laeca Burn watershed, "especially on the eastern side of Laeca Burn", where
Catto Long Barrow
Cairn Catto is a Neolithic long cairn near the village of Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1973. Description
Cairn Catto is located southeast of Longside, in Aberde ...
is situated.
[C.M. Hogan, 2008]
See also
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Hill of Aldie
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Morris Wells
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Skelmuir Hill
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Tumulus
A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones bu ...
Line notes
References
* United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map (2004) 1:50,000 scale, Landranger series
* C. Michael Hogan (2008) C. Michael Hogan (2008
''Catto Long Barrow fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian
Rivers of Aberdeenshire
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