<< Our Photo Pages >> Acharn Burn - Cairn in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Acharn BurnCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Aberfeldy Nearest Village: Acharn
Map Ref: NN76074294
Latitude: 56.562014N Longitude: 4.018153W
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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The walk up to this cairn is quite possibly the best walk to a cairn there is, parking at the bottom of the hill in Acharn then following the river up as it shutes, falls and crashes its way down. The big water fall is simply gorgeous, heavy tree cover and this big show off of a waterfall really does it's best to keep one away from the stone circle on the hill above. But the stones are calling me away and I must leave this idyllic place. When a farm track crosses the river follow it left then up the hill and there we have it. One of the best sited cairns in all of Pagan-dom, perched on a high shelf with good views of Loch Tay and some pretty big mountains, including Ben Lawers. But, still not much time to linger.
A very good place to sit and rest while en route to Greenland stone circle.
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