Ashmore, P. J. (1978). Low cairns, long cists and symbol stones. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 110. Vol 110, pp. 346-355.

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Title:		 Low cairns, long cists and symbol stones
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Issue:		 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 110
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Series:		 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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Volume:		 110
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Page Start/End:		 346 - 355
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Abstract:		 Low mounds surrounded by rectilinear or circular ditches and low rectilinear and circular kerbed cairns, both groups covering extended inhumation burials, represent a funerary tradition of the pre-Viking Iron Age, predominantly in N Scotland. Sometimes forming cemeteries, these mounds and cairns are loosely associated with Pictish symbol stones, and a possible origin in La Tène burial tradition is suggested. A R
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Author:		 Patrick J Ashmore
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Year of Publication:		 1978
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Previking Iron Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
DITCH (Monument Type England)
Funerary (Auto Detected Subject)
Cemeteries (Auto Detected Subject)
Circular Kerbed Cairns (Auto Detected Subject)
FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
Cairns Long Cists (Auto Detected Subject)
Inhumation Burials (Auto Detected Subject)
Pictish Symbol Stones (Auto Detected Subject)
Cairns (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 05 Dec 2008