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Altries (smaller ring cairns)
Ring Cairn
Altries (smaller ring cairns) (Ring Cairn) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK & Ireland's most popular megalithic community website. 3 images, 1 fieldnote, plus information on many more ancient sites nearby and across the UK & Ireland.
Image © drew/amj
Nearest Town:
Stonehaven (12km SSE)
OS Ref (GB):
NO848983 /
Sheets: 38, 45
Latitude:
57° 4' 31.77" N
Longitude:
2° 15' 2.69" W
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drewbhoy
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The main ring cairn at Altries is set amongst another 4 much smaller ring cairns. I found three of them, presumably the fourth was under vegetation or has been damaged beyond recognition. The widest of these is 4 meters in width.
Visited 1/08/2010.
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