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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cnoc Udais Cairn
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Inverness  Nearest Village: Muir of Ord
Map Ref: NH48154984
Latitude: 57.513197N  Longitude: 4.536598W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
2 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
5

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Cnoc Udais Cairn
Cnoc Udais Cairn submitted by PeteCrane5 : Cnoc Udas Cairn and the view east to the coast. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Highlands

This large cairn, of unknown age, is conspicuously situated on the summit of Cnoc Udais. It is a cairn of bare rubble stones measuring c.15.0m in diameter and c.1.5, in height now 'sharing' the hill with three telephone masts.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NH4849 : Cnoc Udais by Craig Wallace
by Craig Wallace
©2021(licence)
NH4849 : Cairn on the summit of Cnoc Udais by valenta
by valenta
©2017(licence)
NH4849 : Ord Hill by David Maclennan
by David Maclennan
©2006(licence)
NH4849 : Telecommunications mast by David Maclennan
by David Maclennan
©2006(licence)
NH4849 : Cnoc Udais (Ord Hill) by Brian MacLennan
by Brian MacLennan
©2006(licence)

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 4.5km E 90° Muir of Ord Henge* Henge (NH527497)
 5.2km ESE 106° Windhill* Standing Stones (NH531482)
 5.7km SSE 157° Ballblair Wood Chambered Cairn (NH502445)
 5.8km NNE 21° Brahan Wood* Chambered Cairn (NH504552)
 6.1km ENE 68° Balvaird Chambered Cairn (NH53945193)
 6.3km NNW 339° Preas Mairi* Chambered Cairn (NH46095584)
 6.6km ENE 62° Bishop Kinkell Chambered Cairn (NH541527)
 6.7km N 3° Ballachnecore* Chambered Cairn (NH488565)
 6.7km E 89° Tarradale* Chambered Tomb (NH549497)
 6.9km ENE 66° Muir of Conan Chambered Cairn (NH546524)
 7.4km ENE 66° Muir of Allangrange* Chambered Cairn (NH55005259)
 8.0km NE 47° Conon Bridge* Henge (NH54295507)
 8.1km S 171° Culburnie* Stone Circle (NH491418)
 8.1km SSE 167° Beaufort Cottages Cairn* Cairn (NH49654188)
 8.2km NE 34° Ussie Chambered Cairn* Chambered Cairn (NH530565)
 8.3km ENE 69° Cairnside Chambered Tomb (NH560525)
 8.4km SSE 155° Belladrum Chambered Cairn* Chambered Cairn (NH5141742120)
 8.6km SSE 166° Bruiach* Cairn (NH49984143)
 8.7km N 360° Strathpeffer* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NH48455852)
 8.8km ENE 72° Carn Urnan* Stone Circle (NH5666252289)
 8.9km SSE 155° Belladrum South Chambered Tomb (NH5161041578)
 9.0km NNE 13° Knock Farril* Vitrified Fort (NH505585)
 9.0km ENE 77° Kilcoy South* Chambered Tomb (NH570515)
 9.0km ENE 76° Kilcoy North Chambered Tomb (NH570517)
 9.3km SSE 156° Meg's Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NH5164541196)
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