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<< Our Photo Pages >> Edinchip - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by fijow21 on Tuesday, 09 November 2021  Page Views: 614

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Edinchip
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Chambered Cairn

Map Ref: NN57502185
Latitude: 56.367426N  Longitude: 4.308535W
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
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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
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crediblywitless visited on 13th Nov 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 You can either park at Kingshouse ("Mhor 84") and then go under the A84 and walk north up the Rob Roy Way and then "Old Military Road for about 1km each - this second half can be pretty muddy with pop-up burns; or you can carry on a little further on the Rob Roy Way and walk up "Dismantled Railway". This second route is better walking, but when you get level with the cairn there's farm-related stuff about and there may be a locked gate to climb over.

Edinchip
Edinchip submitted by crediblywitless : Close-up of the capped chamber (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Clyde-type long chambered cairn discovered in 1980 on the estate of Edinchip, 1 1/2 miles (2km) SW of Lochearnhead, at the head of Strathyre. It is situated at 162m OD on a natural terrace in birch and oak woodland on a S-facing slope, and is some 30m W of the disused Callander and Oban railway and the old military road from Stirling to Fort William.

The cairn is 56m in overall length, exaggerated by some spreading of the cairn material which is lightly grassed-over; some white quartz stones show here and there. It is oriented ENE-WSW, each end being about 2m high and spread to 16m wide, while about midway, quarrying has reduced its height to about 1m and 13m in width. Later structures (enclosures and walls of a farmstead) have been built onto the cairn mutilating it considerably; the SW end particularly shows no cairn features, but a large boulder measuring 2.1 x 1.2m may have been utilised as a kerb stone. There is another large boulder on the S side near the NE end.

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Edinchip
Edinchip submitted by crediblywitless : From just about the midpoint of the cairn, facing more-or-less NE (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NN5721 : Cyclepath to Lochearnead by Jim Barton
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NN5721 : Birch woods by Edinchip by Richard Webb
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NN5721 : Birch woods by Edinchip by Richard Webb
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NN5721 : Land behind Balquhidder Station by Angela Mudge
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NN5721 : Walking the Rob Roy Way by Ian S
by Ian S
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