Site of a Prehistoric Cairn
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Site of a Prehistoric Cairn
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 5 May 2016
There's nothing visible on the ground now. Centuries of cultivation have improved the land by removing the stones. The 1856 edition of the OS Six-Inch map shows that 4 stone coffins were found here in 1820.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.283256
Longitude
-4.730541