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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lyon Bridge Cairn - Cairn in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by BigSweetie on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 9822

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lyon Bridge Cairn Alternative Name: Uaigh An T-seanalair
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Kenmore  Nearest Village: Fortingall
Map Ref: NN73174657  Landranger Map Number: 51
Latitude: 56.593829N  Longitude: 4.067084W
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.
3 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.
3 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
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markj99 visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Head for Fortingall. Cross the Lyon Bridge c. 0.5 miles W of Fortingall. There is a large passing place c. 300 yards later on the R with room to park up. Walk back c. 100 yards to a gateway. Walk c. 200 yards ESE across the field to see Lyon Bridge Cairn, a small dimple in a flat field. The recumbent stone on the NE edge of the cairn has multiple cup marks. It looks out of place on a small ring cairn. Its original purpose is uncertain.

Lyon Bridge Cairn
Lyon Bridge Cairn submitted by BigSweetie : Perthshire cairn with cup marked rock. Photo by Andy Sweet. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn and cup-marked rock in Perthshire

This cairn and cup-marked stone is recorded as Canmore ID 25002 which says this is "a cairn of small stones overlaid with earth, 18' across the flat summit, 30' in diameter at base and 2 1/2' high, surrounded by a ditch 9' to 13'9" wide and 2'4" deep with an outer bank about 3' broad. Excavation by Stewart in 1884 revealed fragments of human bone below two small flagstones, south of the centre and near the base of the cairn. Stewart classifies this site as a disc-barrow but neither the plan nor the description suggest this. It is more like a bowl barrow with a ditch and outer bank. A cup marked stone 8' long by 3'2" wide lies in the ditch. It bears 9 cups on the west side and one on the north end. This stone is said to have stood upright on the top of the mound, but in 1838 it lay a short distance from NN74NW 6, having been undermined about the end of the 18th century. Watson gives the local name of the site as "Uaigh an t-Seanalair" - the General's Grave - and the tradition that it is the grave of either Pontius Pilate or his father." Their 1975 report records this as "a turf-covered mound bounded by a ditch and outer bank ..... the name 'Uaigh an t-Seanalair' and the tradition concerning Pontius Pilate is not known locally. The cup marked stone, not in situ ..... its original position is uncertain."
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Lyon Bridge Cairn
Lyon Bridge Cairn submitted by Bladup : Lyon Bridge, It's marked as cairn on maps, but a ringcairn or hengiform with a cup marked recumbent may be a more detailed description. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lyon Bridge Cairn
Lyon Bridge Cairn submitted by BigSweetie : Perthshire stones photo by Andy Sweet (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lyon Bridge Cairn
Lyon Bridge Cairn submitted by cosmic : The cup marked stone - cairn invisible. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lyon Bridge Cairn
Lyon Bridge Cairn submitted by BigSweetie : Perthshire stones photo by Andy Sweet (Vote or comment on this photo)

Lyon Bridge Cairn
Lyon Bridge Cairn submitted by BigSweetie : Perthshire cairn with cup marked. Photo by Andy Sweet (Vote or comment on this photo)

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