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<< Our Photo Pages >> Little Urchany - Clava Cairn in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, 09 July 2002  Page Views: 8706

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Little Urchany
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 7.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Highlands Type: Clava Cairn

Map Ref: NH8665648566  Landranger Map Number: 27
Latitude: 57.513040N  Longitude: 3.893665W
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
0No data.
no data 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
4
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livingstone visited on 27th Feb 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3 The actual cairn cannot be seen from the road but field clearance gives the impression of a cairn. Only when you have walked to the top of the hill can you see the real cairn in the next field. Condition not good, access not great, but still worth a visit.

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Little Urchany
Little Urchany submitted by hamilton : Little Urchany (Clava-type) kerb cairn viewed from the west. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Clava Cairn in Highland

Indicated on the OS Map as a ring cairn, Little Urchany is a ruinous Clava-type cairn with an impressive kerb of large bulders around most of its circumference. In addition, three upright stones—perhaps the remains of a stone circle—stand within the kerb.
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Little Urchany submitted by PeteCrane5 : Little Urchany perhaps at it's best in the spring before the grass around it grows too high (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Urchany
Little Urchany submitted by hamilton : Panoramic view of Little Urchany from the south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Urchany
Little Urchany submitted by hamilton : Some of the large kerbstones on the south of the kerb. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Urchany
Little Urchany submitted by hamilton : This is the tallest (1½ metres) of the three upright stones in the kerb . (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NH8648 : Wester Urchany Farm by James Allan
by James Allan
©2007(licence)
NH8648 : Road, Urchany by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2014(licence)
NH8648 : Scrubland, Urchany by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2015(licence)
NH8748 : Croy road from Urchany junction by Sarah McGuire
by Sarah McGuire
©2009(licence)
NH8648 : Growing crops at Wester Urchany by Douglas Nelson
by Douglas Nelson
©2019(licence)

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Re: Little Urchany by hamilton on Sunday, 23 October 2016
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Indicated on the OS Map as a ring cairn, Little Urchany is a ruinous Clava-type cairn with an impressive kerb of large bulders around most of its circumference. in addition, three upright stones—perhaps the remains of a stone circle—stand within the kerb.
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