Memsie Round Cairn
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Memsie Round Cairn
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 26 Oct 2006
This is the surviving one of three round burial cairns in the vicinity. It dates from about 1700 BC and measures approximately 4.4 metres in height and 24 metres in diameter. A broken sword and a beaker were found inside it. See https://canmore.org.uk/site/20804/cairns-of-memsie for more information.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.647913
Longitude
-2.041869