Hill of Airthrey Fairy Knowe Cairn(s) View all content for Hill of Airthrey Fairy Knowe

I've been up here once before , in November 2000. I walked up through the old copper mine wood from Bridge of Allan. The old copper mines possibly made this whole place a place of added power during the bronze age. The cairn sits at the edge green 11 of the Bridge of Allan golf course. It is a lot smaller than it used to be according to Faechem's Prehistoric Scotland - a lot of the stones were removed for the usual dyke building. I think there were some goodies found by the victorian robbers, although I'll update this when I get Faechem's book from the library again. The view sitting on the cairn is amazing - the hills rise up slowly from the other side of Strathallan and then further away to the NW the higher highland mountains are THERE. The Forth Valley and Stirling town are spread out down to the west. I made my way back down to Bridge of Allan, following the old cattle droving road. I'll be back here with a camera. 03/02/02 And back I came. Well worth the climb from Bridge of Allan.

Posted by winterjc 15th January 2002ce

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