Woods Of Cairnie 3

Nearest town:
Kintore (11km NNW)
OS reference:
NJ80270468
OS sheet:
38
Latitude:
57° 7' 57.49 N
Longitude:
2° 19' 33.52 W
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Image of Woods Of Cairnie 3 (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

This fairly difficult to find cairn is right behind the tree. Found at long last!!!!

Image credit: drew/amj
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jun 23, 2013

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Woods Of Cairnie 3

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jun 24, 2013

After getting drenched and lost twice after finding the ‘other two’ cairns I’m glad to report to such happenings during this visit did not happen. Making sure I couldn’t find this site by difficult routes, in the past, I found the cairn by a much easier route.

Parking in the same place as the other two I continued walking south until a crossroads in the tracks. Headed east for at least three meters and continued south on a deer trail. Keep looking east until the top of the hill can be seen in a clearing. The cairn is easily spotted as a ‘bump’ on top. This cairn was much larger at some point but now is 7 meters wide and almost 1 meter high. Some earthfast rocks on the edge of the cairn suggest kerbs but it would be fair to say this site has taken a battering. Somehow it survives and with the growing darkness feels old, atmospheric and peaceful lost amongst the trees and time.

Not much to look at but a special place all those years ago, and for me a special place on a Friday night, totally worthwhile.

Visited 21/6/2013.

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