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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cairnshee Wood - Cairn in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 26 August 2002  Page Views: 7572

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairnshee Wood
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Cairn

Map Ref: NO740937  Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.033660N  Longitude: 2.430004W
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
3
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Cairnshee Wood submitted by cosmic : Cairnshee from South (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Aberdeenshire

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Cairnshee Wood submitted by cosmic : Cairnshee from North (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO7493 : Cairnshee Cairn by Ewen Rennie
by Ewen Rennie
©2008(licence)
NO7393 : Sheep by Cairnshee by Andrew Wood
by Andrew Wood
©2016(licence)
NO7393 : Field boundaries  south of Cairnshee Wood by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2017(licence)
NO7393 : View towards Cairnshee Wood by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2014(licence)
NO7393 : Fields near Cairnshee Wood by Anne Burgess
by Anne Burgess
©2015(licence)

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Re: Cairnshee Wood by Anonymous on Monday, 01 June 2020
I live at the barns at the other side of the cairn
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Cairnshee Wood by cosmic on Sunday, 21 May 2006
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The cairn is in a Forestry Commission wood so access is relatively easy although forest road goes round rather than up. The cairn measures some 23m in diameter by 3.4m high according to RCAHMS.
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