<< Text Pages >> Carmyllie Hill (Greystone) - Cairn in Scotland in Angus
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carmyllie Hill (Greystone) Alternative Name: Fairyfold Hillock; Fairy Folk HillockCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.477 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Angus Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Arbroath Nearest Village: Greystone
Map Ref: NO545434
Latitude: 56.580313N Longitude: 2.742273W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Cairn in Angus
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) feature this site on their Carmyliie Hill, Greystone, Angus page. TNA say that "it doesn't appear to be in the Canmore archaeological record unless it's the Canmore site 34750" which gives a four digit grid reference (NO 50 40) and says: "cinerary urns have been found in different parts of Carmyllie parish, "where there were no cairns".
This site is references by MacGregor in 1937 in his work "Highland Superstitions". TNA add that the site may have been destroyed by quarrying.
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