<< Text Pages >> Beecraigs - Round Cairn in Scotland in West Lothian
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Beecraigs Alternative Name: Riccarton Hills CairnCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.2 km away from the location you searched for.
County: West Lothian Type: Round Cairn
Nearest Town: Bathgate Nearest Village: Torphichen
Map Ref: NT01827372 Landranger Map Number: 65
Latitude: 55.946454N Longitude: 3.57364W
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 West Lothian
This cairn is recorded as Canmore ID 49309, the latest entry from 1974 telling us: "An undisturbed cairn measuring 11.5m in diameter with a large boulder kerb remaining for most of the circumference." A previous entry from 1952 says a small modern cairn surmounts the older cairn.
This stone is also featured on the Ancient Stones: A Guide to Standing Stones and Stone Circles in the South of Scotland - see their entry for Cairn, Beecraigs, Torphichen, which includes a description, directions for finding the stone with nearby parking, and fieldnotes.
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