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Backtack Cairn(s) Image © drew/amj Nearest Town: Huntly (7km E) OS Ref (GB):     NJ46544128 / Sheets: 28, 29 Latitude: 57° 27' 31.38" N Longitude:     2° 53' 28.05" W Added by drewbhoy Images (4) Fieldnotes (1) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Backtack Flash Earth Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Multimap 1:25000 Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

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Strangely Canmore list this in with smaller cairnfield cairns. This cairn is at least 15 meters wide and and at it's tallest is over 11/2 meters in height being made up of granites and quartize. At least two kerbs can be seen. Unfortunately it has been badly robbed. On the plus side estate workers have surrounded it with a fence and gate. To the south east, the cairn at Artloch can be seen. I mean't to find the other cairn at the top of the hill but the heavens opened so I ran back to the car. The car was parked opposite the Mains of Cairnborrow farm, on the A920. Take the track leading uphill, in a north easterly direction, leads straight to the cairn. About a 1/4 mile steady climb. Visited 7/08/09. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 7th August 2009ce Edited 23rd August 2009ce

Backtack 2 (Cairn(s)) — Fieldnotes

This badly robbed cairn is about 10 meters wide and 11/2 meters tall. A walk of about 200 meters is required from the much bigger Backtack cairn. From here we walked, west, over to Cairnborrow. Visited 21/12/09 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 21st December 2009ce Edited 22nd December 2009ce

Backtack 2 (Cairn(s)) — Images (click to view fullsize)

Posted by drewbhoy 21st December 2009ce