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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: MacRee''s Cairn (Glen Meurain) Alternative Name: Gleann MeranCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.195 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Cairn
Nearest Village: Pubil
Map Ref: NN39594375
Latitude: 56.558237N Longitude: 4.611625W
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 Perth and Kinross
This cairn is recorded as Canmore ID 23899, which gives brief information, including: "Near Invermearan, is Macree's Cairn, in Glen Mearan, where one of Colin Campbell's dairymaids was slain in a skirmish between cattle raiders and their pursuers (context infers late 16th c). (1928 entry) .... A cairn of modern appearance at NN 396 437. It is 1.5m in diameter and 0.8m high. The local traditions associating it with the events described above are still strong (1963 entry)."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page for this remote cairn - see their entry for MacRee’s Cairn, Glen Meurain, Fortingall, Perthshire, which has directions for finding this site, photographs, a brief archaeology & history and local folklore. TNA add it would be worth avoiding the place in summer months (presumably because of the midges!).
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