Links of Greenland

Nearest town:
Thurso (10km WSW)
OS reference:
ND218693
OS sheet:
12
Latitude:
58° 36' 17.22 N
Longitude:
3° 20' 45.34 W
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Image of Links of Greenland (Cairn(s)) by thelonious

26/09/2015 – Two small cairns, just by the side of the road in a small flattish area surrounded by bigger grassy dunes.

thelonious
thelonious Oct 2, 2015

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Links of Greenland

thelonious
thelonious Oct 2, 2015

26/09/2015 – Two cairns marked on the OS map just next to the main road and to be honest, not the most exciting. Both small grassy lumps in an area of larger grassy lumps and bumps. Be good to know if they are definite cairns.

Links of Greenland

C
CARL Jul 5, 2012

Visited 2.6.12

Directions:
Approx 2 miles north of Castletown – right next to the A836 – Dunnet Bay side of the road.

This is a coastal area with many large sand dunes part covered in grass. Take your pick which ones the cairns are!

Canmore States:
‘Two sand and turf covered cairns. The one in the east has a loose flat slab, 09m x 0.6m, lying prostrate on its east arc’.

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