Laeca Burn is a stream in northeastern
Aberdeenshire
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It takes its name from the Shires of Scotland, historic county of Aberdeenshire (historic), Aberdeenshire, which had substantial ...
,
Scotland
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. There are numerous
archaeological
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sites in the Laeca Burn watershed, "especially on the eastern side of Laeca Burn", where
Catto Long Barrow is situated.
[C. Michael Hogan (2008) C. Michael Hogan (2008]
''Catto Long Barrow fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian
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See also
* Hill of Aldie
* Morris Wells
* Skelmuir Hill
* Tumulus
A tumulus (: tumuli) is a mound of Soil, earth and Rock (geology), stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, mounds, howes, or in Siberia and Central Asia as ''kurgans'', and may be found through ...
References
Rivers of Aberdeenshire
Buchan
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