<< Our Photo Pages >> Ballinluig Cairn - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Highlands
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ballinluig CairnCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.8 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Highlands Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Village: Aviemore
Map Ref: NH86380989
Latitude: 57.165744N Longitude: 3.880433W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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Atmospheric remains of a large ring cairn located on a small hill on the north side of Loch Alvie. Now on the edge of a small plantation it may once have had great views of the loch and the Cairngorms beyond.
The proposed dualling of the A9 will bring the road closer but the cairn will be kept.
More info from Canmore canmore.org.uk/site/14891/ballinluig
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