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Visited April 17, 2024
This was my first visit to Tullos Hill for some months and it was pleasing to discover that the thick and uncontrolled gorse that used to surround Cat Cairn 2 has all been removed.
An expansive area of at least an acre surrounding the monument is now planted with a vast number of saplings, which should create a pleasant woodland scene in time.
The kerb of the cairn is now clear to view from every direction, and the cairn itself can be seen to have a hollow centre (ring cairn?).
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Posted by LesHamilton 17th April 2024ce |
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Posted by MelMel
16th April 2024ce
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Coflein descriptions:Western cairn (SH8010718561)
Located on the crest of a ridge. A cairn of stones and boulders, approx. 8m diameter, the edges part turf-covered. The centre was scooped out when a shooting butt was built inside it in the C19.
A ring cairn (300459) lies a short distance to the E.
Recorded as part of RCAHMW Uplands Initiative Project, W B Horton, H&H, 12/10/2012.
Eastern ring cairn (SH8021218589)
A ring of stones 11.5m in diameter, 2m thick and 0.2m high. The ring of stones is well defined and has no gap. The interior is level and largely stone free. Approximately 100m to the W is another cairn (nprn 300458).
Recorded as part of RCAHMW Uplands Initiative Project, W B Horton, H&H, 15/10/2012.
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Posted by thesweetcheat 15th April 2024ce |
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