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<< Text Pages >> Blochairn 1 Cairn - Cairn in Scotland in East Dunbartonshire

Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 03 March 2004  Page Views: 7324

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Blochairn 1 Cairn
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.884 km away from the location you searched for.

County: East Dunbartonshire Type: Cairn
 Nearest Village: Baldernock
Map Ref: NS582754  Landranger Map Number: 64
Latitude: 55.950641N  Longitude: 4.272447W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NS5875 : High Blochairn by Robert Murray
by Robert Murray
©2014(licence)
NS5775 : Cattle, Baldernock by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2014(licence)
NS5875 : Blochairn and the Campsie Fells from the air by Thomas Nugent
by Thomas Nugent
©2017(licence)
NS5875 : High Blochairn Farm by G Laird
by G Laird
©2013(licence)
NS5875 : Pylon beside High Blochairn by Richard Sutcliffe
by Richard Sutcliffe
©2018(licence)

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 632m NNW 340° Craigmaddie Muir 2 (Baldernock) Cairn (NS5876)
 831m N 354° North Blochairn 2 Rock Art (NS58147623)
 838m N 350° North Blochairn 1 Rock Art (NS58087623)
 1.1km N 357° Auld Wives Lift* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (NS5818576458)
 1.1km N 357° North Blochairn 3* Rock Art (NS58187646)
 1.1km NNE 18° Craigmaddie Muir* Chambered Cairn (NS58597646)
 2.4km WNW 298° Middleton Row Stone Row / Alignment (NS561766)
 2.6km NW 323° Loch Ardinning (Mugdock) Rock Art (NS567775)
 3.7km WNW 296° Echo Stone (Mugdock) Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (NS54937710)
 4.0km SW 217° Antonine Wall, New Kilpatrick Cemetery* Misc. Earthwork (NS557723)
 4.1km NNW 338° Broadgate 2 Cairn (NS568793)
 4.2km NNW 341° Broadgate Farm (Strathblane)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS5692979402)
 4.2km NNW 338° Broadgate (Strathblane) Chambered Cairn (NS56747934)
 4.4km NNW 334° Strathblane Churchyard* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS5638779375)
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 6.9km WSW 257° Whitehill 5* Rock Art (NS51387403)
 6.9km NW 309° Craigmore Cottage Standing Stones (NS529799)
 7.0km WSW 256° Whitehill 4* Rock Art (NS51307398)
 7.2km WSW 256° Whitehill 3* Rock Art (NS51157386)
 7.2km NW 315° Blanefield* Stone Row / Alignment (NS53288072)
 7.8km WSW 258° Cochno Crags* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (NS50487401)
 7.9km WSW 257° The Cochno Stone* Rock Art (NS50457388)
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