Stone box from Catterline
Coordinates: 56 ° 53 '52 " N , 2 ° 13' 4" W.
Two stone boxes were discovered in Catterline The short, bell- shaped stone box from Catterline was discovered in 1923, about 150 m southwest of the farm "Upper Mains of Catterline" near Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire in Scotland . It is Canmore ID 36774, site number NO87NE 2. Another stone box contained a bell-shaped children's burial, Canmore ID 36764, site number NO87NE 10.
The stone box discovered earlier contained a crouched male burial, accompanied by a bell jar and a piece of quartzite . A cairn about eight feet in diameter covered the box. The stone box and finds are in the Anthropological Museum at Aberdeen University .
See also
Web links
- Entry on Catterline Stone Box in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Newspaper report and picture
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Catterline's Stone Box in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
- ^ RW Reid, GM Morant, A Study of the Scottish Short Cist Crania. Biometrika 20B, 3/4, Pl. 10