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<< Our Photo Pages >> Leachkin - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 10702

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Leachkin
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Inverness
Map Ref: NH62964416  Landranger Map Number: 26
Latitude: 57.466943N  Longitude: 4.28641W
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
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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
 4

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Leachkin
Leachkin submitted by MDunbar : Another image of the same ruined chambered cairn (Vote or comment on this photo)
Remains of a round Orkney-Cromarty type chambered cairn quite close to Inverness city centre.


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Leachkin
Leachkin submitted by MDunbar : Ruins of a chambered cairn quite close to Inverness city centre. The upright rock seems to consist of a composite material. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NH6244 : Old and the new by Alasdair MacNeill
by Alasdair MacNeill
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NH6244 : Leachkin neolithic chambered cairn by Douglas Nelson
by Douglas Nelson
©2019(licence)
NH6244 : Chambered Cairn, Dunain Hill by don cload
by don cload
©2009(licence)
NH6244 : Leachkin neolithic chambered cairn by Douglas Nelson
by Douglas Nelson
©2019(licence)
NH6244 : Seat by the path, Great Glen Way by Jim Barton
by Jim Barton
©2016(licence)

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Leachkin has become a surrogate 'Craigh na Dun' for some! by Andy B on Monday, 02 October 2017
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This has become a surrogate 'Craigh na Dun' for some!

"There are lots of standing stones and and stone circles in the Inverness area but none that are called Craigh Na Dun. There is however a standing stone on a hill that overlooks Inverness just as Diana described in her books but the hill is not called Craigh Na Dun it’s called Craig Dunain (that’s close enough for us ). From the hill you can look down at the lights of Inverness. "

Lots more pics here

https://invernessoutlanders.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/outlander-fans-find-the-real-craigh-na-dun-in-inverness/
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    Craig na Dun and Craig Dunain by Anonymous on Sunday, 29 October 2017
    To this day, in Inverness, the expression "you should be in Craig Dunain" is used when questioning someone's sanity, which can be for something as mild as voting for the wrong party.

    Although a listed building, the former asylum of Craig Dunain is somewhat less evocative than the (allegedly) nearby, and similarly sounding Craig na Dun standing stones of Outlander fame.
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Re: Leachkin by absynthia01 on Sunday, 06 February 2011
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The map co-ordinates show the cairn on the left hand side of the loch but it is next to the earth dyke that holds to water back on the RIGHT there is a fence next to it.
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