<< Our Photo Pages >> Gaich Wood Cairn 2 - Cairn in Scotland in Highlands
Submitted by PeteCrane5 on Monday, 25 September 2023 Page Views: 191
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gaich Wood Cairn 2Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Grantown on Spey Nearest Village: Dulnain Bridge
Map Ref: NJ01182561
Latitude: 57.310325N Longitude: 3.642091W
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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A damp and slightly overgrown walk on tracks and gaps in the canopy of this mature plantation leads to this large cairn.
Like the Chambered Cairn SW of here this cairn has also not been destroyed by the planting of trees as previously thought. Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope, the cairn measures 19m from NW to SE by 14m transversely over a mound of rubble up to 1m in height on the NE. Several hollows in the surface of the mound appear to be the result of robbing, some of it comparatively recent.
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