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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairnpark (Dollar)Country: Scotland County: Clackmannanshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Dunfermline Nearest Village: Dollar
Map Ref: NS96189802
Latitude: 56.163500N Longitude: 3.673332W
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 Clackmannanshire
The cairn, now built over, is important enough to have its own entry on Canmore - see Canmore ID 48240. In 1937, it was recorded that "there was once an immense cairn of stones about 30' high in Cairnpark Street, Dollar. Urns were found at the bottom of it, but that is all that is known."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also list this site - see their page for Cairnpark, Dollar, Clackmannanshire, which gives an brief archaeology and history. They clarify that the cairn was destroyed more than 200 years ago in 1806, and that "This was nothing less than a great pyramid (well, it was not quite so big as the famous one of Egypt, but still it was a great pile) which had evidently been erected to commemorate some great battle, or the death of some celebrated warrior; and it certainly is very much to be regretted that it should have been removed. This was an immense cairn of stones, some thirty feet high, and as many square at the base; and the park in which it stood took its name from it—Cairnpark."
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