Consumption Dyce, Kingswells
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Consumption Dyce, Kingswells
Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 18 Apr 2020
Kingswells most distinctive feature is surely the 'consumption dyke' (also known as Rough's Cairn), which was created during agricultural improvements in the 19th Century when vast amounts of rocks and boulders were removed from neighbouring fields and 'consumed' into the enormous dry stane dyke, which is about 90 metres long, 6 metres high and 6 metres wide. See Canmore record 19338 for more: https://canmore.org.uk/site/19338/kingswells-roughs-cairn-consumption-dyke .
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Image Location
Latitude
57.16125
Longitude
-2.20631