Long Cairns and Barrows

The first farmers (c 4,000 - 3,000 BC) buried some of their ancestors under edge-shaped or oval mounds of turf or stone, often sited on prominent hillcrests.

Cairn Catto

Orientated NW/SE, a large cairn of stones, some of considerable size. Read more about Cairn Catto

Capo

A large, intact long barrow 80 m long, 2.5 m high and 28 m wide. Capo barrow details

Gourdon

Gourdon long cairn is composed of small round boulders, angular stones and some earth. 1/3 mile S of Inverbervie.

Longman Hill

At 67m long, this mound is made largely of earth. 2 ½ miles SE of Macduff, on A98. Longman Hill details