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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairn Wochel Alternative Name: CairnwochelCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Stirling Nearest Village: Bracho
Map Ref: NN83011276
Latitude: 56.292806N Longitude: 3.891791W
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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Long Barrow in Perth and Kinross
This cairn was described in 1726 as being 182 ft long, 30 ft in sloping height and 45 feet wide. "Later, but before 1793 a "stone coffin" was found in which there was a skeleton 7ft long. The cairn lay from N to S, and the "coffin" was nearly in the middle of it, with the head to the E. Most of the stones were carried away but the coffin, with a few large stones around it was preserved (OSA 1793) ..... When visited on 21 August 1964 all that could be seen at the OS site was a large morainic hillock, with another smaller hillock nearby. The only sign of any structure was a few laid stones on its S side, possibly part of a revetting wall-face." See the entry for Canmore ID 25399 for more information.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page on this cairn - see their entry for Cairnwochel, Ardoch, Perthshire, where they give a brief account of their visit together with a brief archaeology and history of the site.
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