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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The SlacksCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Aberdeen Nearest Village: Blackburn
Map Ref: NJ841144
Latitude: 57.220068N Longitude: 2.264925W
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 Aberdeenshire
This cairn lies in a Forestry Commission wood of the same name. It is best seen from the path which goes right at the Y-junction up from the car park but is reached more easily from the left hand fork. Nearby there are supposedly hut circles (I'll look more closely another time). The cairn measures some 23m in diameter by 2m high with the top much disturbed.
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