<< Our Photo Pages >> Mains of Kilcoy SE - Cairn in Scotland in Highlands
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mains of Kilcoy SECountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Inverness Nearest Village: Tore
Map Ref: NH57765186
Latitude: 57.534447N Longitude: 4.377514W
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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There is a pair of cairns located within 250m of Carn Glas (Mains of Kilcoy). Mains of Kilcoy SE is the more impressive of the pair, looking like a long cairn. However only one cist was visible on the surface, an off-centre shallow cist measuring c. 1m x 0.5m. According to Canmore ID 12840 the centre of this c. 30m cairn was excavated but no cist or chamber were found. It does seem to be a contradiction; all this construction for one shallow burial.
I visited Mains of Kilcoy in 2012 after visiting Carn Glas (Mains of Kilcoy). Mains of Kilcoy SE is c. 250m SSE of Carn Glas. The field was ploughed and the Mains of Kilcoy cairns were verdant islands in a dark sea.
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64m NW 319° Mains of Kilcoy NW* Cairn (NH57725191)
145m NNE 14° Carn Glas* Chambered Cairn (NH578520)
774m WSW 256° Kilcoy North Chambered Tomb (NH570517)
838m WSW 243° Kilcoy South* Chambered Tomb (NH570515)
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3.6km SW 231° Tarradale* Chambered Tomb (NH549497)
3.7km W 281° Bishop Kinkell Chambered Cairn (NH541527)
3.8km W 269° Balvaird Chambered Cairn (NH53945193)
4.1km ENE 77° The Temple (Tore)* Chambered Tomb (NH6179952610)
4.7km NW 311° Conon Bridge* Henge (NH54295507)
4.9km N 357° Mulchaich* Cairn (NH57665679)
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5.8km ENE 58° Balnaguie* Chambered Cairn (NH62835473)
5.9km SW 230° Windhill* Standing Stones (NH531482)
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8.4km S 191° Giant's Grave (Highlands) Chambered Cairn (NH55904369)
8.7km SSW 195° Balblair Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NH55184357)
9.1km SE 135° Craig Phadraig* Vitrified Fort (NH640452)
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