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<< Text Pages >> Balnacraig Cairn Aberdeenshire - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 26 August 2002  Page Views: 5309

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Balnacraig Cairn Aberdeenshire
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Aberdeenshire Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Aboyne  Nearest Village: Dinnet
Map Ref: NJ47830082  Landranger Map Number: 37
Latitude: 57.095390N  Longitude: 2.86262W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NJ4700 : Balnacraig by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
©2007(licence)
NJ4700 : Balnacraig by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
©2007(licence)
NJ4700 : Balnacraig by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
©2007(licence)
NJ4801 : Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
©2007(licence)
NJ4700 : Looking towards Balnacraig, near Dinnet, Aberdeenshire by John Aldersey-Williams
by John Aldersey-Williams
©2006(licence)

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Re: Balnacraig by golux on Saturday, 15 October 2011
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The photos above (3 by cosmic, 1 by Tom Bullock) are all of the nearby Balnacraig stone circle, not the cairn this page is for.
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