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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Auchlee CairnCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Portlethen
Map Ref: NO893970
Latitude: 57.063917N Longitude: 2.178067W
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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Ring Cairn in Aberdeenshire
This ring cairn/s (the OS Map shows 2) lies in the next field to Auchlee Stone Circle. Like the RSC it is badly damaged and difficult to fully understand. To the East (where the second cairn might be) is a thick mound of gorse.
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