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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Strowan (Crieff)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.5 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Crieff Nearest Village: Comrie
Map Ref: NN819208
Latitude: 56.364723N Longitude: 3.913324W
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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Visible in field just off back road from Comrie to Crieff (not the A85)
This cairn is featured on the Northern Antiquarian (TNA) - see their entry for Strowan, Crieff, Perthshire, which gives directions for finding this cairn together with a photograph, a brief description and local folklore.
The tumulus is also recorded as Canmore ID 25510, which adds: "A grass-covered, stony mound, c.24.0m diameter and 3.5m high, almost certainly a cairn."
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