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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kinpurnie Castle (Newtyle) Alternative Name: KinpurnieCountry: Scotland County: Angus Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Newtyle Nearest Village: Auchtertyre
Map Ref: NO2807740693
Latitude: 56.552688N Longitude: 3.171561W
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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Cairn in Angus
Sited not far from the impressive Keillor standing stone, The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this huge prehistoric tomb - see their entry for Kinpurnie, Newtyle, Angus, which gives directions for finding this site, together with a photograph and a brief archaeology & history.
This cairn is also recorded as Canmore ID 30914, which has a very brief entry from 1983 saying: "A grass-grown cairn, situated 400m WNW of Kinpurnie Castle and now covered with trees, measures about 27m in diameter and 2.5m in height; a possible cist can be seen at the centre."
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