<< Our Photo Pages >> North Wood (Dunfermline) - Cairn in Scotland in Fife
Submitted by cosmic on Monday, 16 June 2008 Page Views: 6488
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: North Wood (Dunfermline)Country: Scotland County: Fife Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Dunfermline
Map Ref: NT11788565
Latitude: 56.055541N Longitude: 3.418138W
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 |
Internal Links:
External Links:
This cairn is in the small wood to the North of Dunfermline crematorium. The wood is designated as a remembrance woodland. The area is grassed over and trees growing out of it.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.
Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
©2010(licence)
©2020(licence)
©2007(licence)
©2013(licence)
©2020(licence)
The above images may not be of the site on this page, they are loaded from Geograph.
Please Submit an Image of this site or go out and take one for us!
Click here to see more info for this site
Nearby sites
Click here to view sites on an interactive OS mapKey: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed
Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)
To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.
Turn off the page maps and other distractions
Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
783m NNW 329° Pitcorthie.* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT11398633)
2.9km E 96° St Theriot's Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NT147853)
4.3km ESE 105° Fordell Standing Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT15938446)
6.2km ESE 102° Barns Farm Dalgety Fife* Barrow Cemetery (NT178842)
6.3km N 9° St Ninians Fife Earth Project* Modern Stone Circle etc (NT129919)
7.2km E 94° Aberdour Cairn Cairn (NT1985)
7.3km S 171° Bell Stane (Queensferry) Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT12827840)
7.5km SSW 208° Abercorn Sculptured Stone (NT08147910)
7.6km E 91° St Fillan's Well (Aberdour)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NT194854)
7.7km ESE 112° Inchcolm Sculptured Stone (NT18888260)
8.3km SSE 157° Crossall Hill (South Queensferry)* Ancient Cross (NT14907791)
8.9km SSW 203° Justice Stone Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT08087759)
8.9km W 275° Tuilyies* Standing Stones (NT02918658)
10.1km ENE 62° Auchertool Holy Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NT208902)
10.3km NW 306° Bandrum* Standing Stones (NT03489187)
10.7km NW 315° Saline hillfort* Hillfort (NT04289335)
11.0km E 82° Binn (Burntisland)* Rock Art (NT2278886891)
11.2km SE 139° Cramond Ancient Village or Settlement (NT18957706)
11.2km SSE 168° Carlowrie (Kirkliston) Rock Art (NT138746)
11.7km SSE 163° Cat Stane (Kirkliston)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT1489374373)
11.7km NNE 29° Kirkhall, Lochore Stone Circle (NT177958)
11.9km E 87° Craigkennockie (Burntisland) Cairn (NT237861)
12.3km SSE 151° Cammo Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NT1747774681)
12.5km NNE 32° Hare Law (Fife)* Cairn (NT187961)
12.9km ENE 77° North Glassmount* Standing Stones (NT244884)
View more nearby sites and additional images
We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.