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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairn CattoCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.414 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Aberdeenshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Aberdeen Nearest Village: Hatton
Map Ref: NK0743542124 Landranger Map Number: 30
Latitude: 57.469326N Longitude: 1.8777W
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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Danr89 visited on 16th Dec 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
oldman visited on 29th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 The cairn is in a field of cows surrounded by double barbed wire fences. It is only possible to get to the first fence and take pictures from there. At least half of the height of the cairn is hidden by gorse so it is only possible to see the stones forming the top of the cairn.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3 Access: 3.5
Text Source: Canmore site no. 21054.
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