Long Cairns and BarrowsThe 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 CattoOrientated NW/SE, a large cairn of stones, some of considerable size. Read more about Cairn Catto CapoA large, intact long barrow 80 m long, 2.5 m high and 28 m wide. Capo barrow details GourdonGourdon long cairn is composed of small round boulders, angular stones and some earth. 1/3 mile S of Inverbervie. Longman HillAt 67m long, this mound is made largely of earth. 2 ½ miles SE of Macduff, on A98. Longman Hill details |