Cairnwell Ring Cairn

Nearest town:
Aberdeen (9km NNE)
OS reference:
NO90639749
OS sheets:
38, 45
Latitude:
57° 4' 6.13 N
Longitude:
2° 9' 16.35 W
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Image of Cairnwell Ring Cairn (Stone Circle) by costaexpress

Nice little site, tucked away in the bushes on an industrial estate, as noted earlier, worth a visit if in the area

costaexpress
costaexpress Sep 6, 2023
Image of Cairnwell Ring Cairn (Stone Circle) by LesHamilton

A low level panoramic composite of the Cairnwell Ring-Cairn.

Image credit: Les Hamilton
LesHamilton
LesHamilton May 9, 2013

Articles

Cairnwell Ring Cairn

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 24, 2017

On a beautiful and chilly Aberdeenshire day I walked back down the hill, from Craighead, and along Badentoy Avenue to beautifully reconstructed Cairnwell Ring Cairn.

The snow highlights and enhances the ring cairn. Some of the stones for the reconstruction were ‘gifted’ by the farmer Auchlee. More likely he wanted rid of them and this was convenient.

Well worth a visit if in the area. Plenty prehistory nearby!

Visited 14/12/2017.

Cairnwell Ring Cairn

LesHamilton
LesHamilton May 6, 2013

Visited May 5, 2013

Cairnwell Ring Cairn formerly lay in Cairnwell Farm, some 175 metres southwest of its present location, which is at the roadside on Badentoy Avenue in the village of Portlethen. In 1995, to make way for an industrial development, Cairnwell Ring Cairn was totally excavated and reconstructed at its new site by AOC (Scotland).

The ring-cairn is surrounded by a circle of four upright orthostats, none much more than a metre in height.

More information at Canmore, where you can also view photographs of the monument in its original location.

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