Tarrieclerack (Long Cairn) — The Modern Antiquarian

Images (2)
Fieldnotes (2)
Folklore (1)

Images

Image of Tarrieclerack (Long Cairn) by drewbhoy

Image credit: drew/amj

drewbhoy Nov 30, 2009

Image of Tarrieclerack (Long Cairn) by drewbhoy

Image credit: drew/amj

drewbhoy Nov 30, 2009

Articles

Tarrieclerack

Long Cairn

stolinskie Nov 16, 2024

I went there the other day, have to say there isn’t much to see. There’s some trees fallen over on top of the cairn, which seems like it could be two ring cairns rather than a long cairn. Whilst some cairns are quite impressive, this one is rather hidden away in the gorse.

Tarrieclerack

Long Cairn

drewbhoy Nov 30, 2009

This Neolithic Long Cairn, which surprisingly couldn’t be found by the Canmore people, is no more than 200 meters north of the A98 about a 1/2 mile east of the Buckie junction. What is difficult is the job of taking decent pictures because of the overgrowth. Eventually I found two spots that showed at least the bottom of the cairn. At the eastern end some stones can be seen after a battle with various “jabby things”.

Plenty car parking as a lay by is on the opposite side of the road.

Visited 30/11/09.

Tarrieclerack

Long Cairn

Rhiannon Jan 3, 2025

The cairns are numerous, but are rapidly disappearing before the advance of improving agriculture, and are only to be found intact on the unreclaimed land. The first we will notice is a ruined one, in a field on Burnside of Rathven, a few hundred yards west of the farm house of Conage, on the road from Fochabers to Cullen. When complete it must have been of considerable dimensions, and probably marks the last resting place of some chief of Celtic or Scandinavian type. The centre portion has been reduced to the level of the surrounding field. It measures 133 feet from east to west, and 50 from north to south; and varies in height from 5 feet 3 inches to 8 feet 6 inches.
The local name is “Tarry Clearick,” which some translate as “Priest’s Cairn;” but this interpretation does not agree with the apparent antiquity of the cairn. Tradition says that it occupies the site of a battle between the Danes and Picts, and that the cairn itself is the grave of the chief who fell in the engagement.

Thomas D Wallace, writing in the Banffshire Advertiser, 24th May 1883.

Sites within 20km of Tarrieclerack

Chalmers Slack

Cairn(s) • 4.51km ENE

6

2

1
Moss Hill Plantation

Cairn(s) • 4.74km ENE

4

2

1
Foulford Bridge

Cairn(s) • 4.75km ENE

4

2

1
Meikle Hill

Standing Stone / Menhir • 4.76km SSW

6

2
Tronach Point

Cliff Fort • 5.06km NE

8

1

1
Davie’s Castle

Hillfort • 5.26km E

11

3

1
King’s Cairn

Cairn(s) • 5.63km SSE

6

1
Green Castle

Cliff Fort • 5.85km NE

16

1

1
Bow Fiddle Rock

Natural Rock Feature • 6.29km NE

5

1
Ha’ Hillock

Artificial Mound • 6.57km E

1

2
Upper Auchenreath

Cairn(s) • 6.64km WSW

4

1
Tor Sliasg

Cairn(s) • 7.1km SSW

10

1
Deskford ritual centre

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 7.46km E

1

1
Cowiemuir

Cairn(s) • 7.73km WSW

2

2

1
Boghead

Cairn(s) • 10.22km WSW

6

1
Crathie Point

Cliff Fort • 10.5km ENE

5

1

1
Browlands

Stone Circle • 10.64km WSW

11

1

1
Sandend

Cairn(s) • 11.43km ENE

2

3
Killiesmont

Cup Marked Stone • 12.25km SSW

2
Durn Hill

Hillfort • 12.51km E

6

3

1
Hillside

Round Cairn • 12.64km E

4

1
White Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 12.82km ESE

5

1
Cloven Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 13.08km ESE

2

2
Knock Hill

Sacred Hill • 13.23km ESE

22

2
Oakenknowes

Cairn(s) • 13.32km ESE

7

2
Whitehill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 13.73km ESE

4

1
Knock Hill

Stone Circle • 13.95km ESE

14

2

2
Binn Hill

Cairn(s) • 14.38km W

4

2
Wallfield

Artificial Mound • 15.04km W

9

1

1
Sleepieshill Wood

Cairn(s) • 15.29km WSW

3

1
Standing Stones of Urquhart

Stone Circle • 15.54km WSW

17

4

2
Monk’s Cairn

Cairn(s) • 15.62km SE

7

2
Speys Law (2)

Artificial Mound • 15.74km W

2
Speys Law

Artificial Mound • 15.94km W

7

1
King’s Chair

Natural Rock Feature • 16km ESE

3

1
St Brandan’s Stanes

Stone Circle • 16.49km E

11

4

3
Wether Hill

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 16.64km ESE

1

1

1
Battlefield

Cup Marked Stone • 16.68km ESE

3

1
Thorax

Stone Circle • 16.75km E

5

1

2

3
Castle Hill (Elgin)

Hillfort • 17.21km WSW

7

1
Witches’ Stone

Cairn(s) • 17.42km WSW

4

1
North Whiteley B

Cairn(s) • 17.48km S

4

1
Conjure Cairn

Cairn(s) • 17.5km ESE

7

2

1
Bogton

Standing Stones • 17.58km WSW

4

1

1
North Whiteley A

Cairn(s) • 17.72km S

3

1
Kemps Cairn

Cist • 17.78km ESE

3

2
Cairds Hill

Cairn(s) • 17.89km S

3

1
Cappieshill

Cairn(s) • 18.06km WSW

6

1
Edintore

Cairn(s) • 18.13km S

2

1
Blackhills House

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 18.54km WSW

6

2

1
Hill Of Cairns 2

Cairn(s) • 18.72km ESE

4

1
Hill Of Cairns

Cairn(s) • 19.03km ESE

3

1
Rothiemay

Stone Circle • 19.14km ESE

31

1

5

2
Cairn Of Beith

Cairn(s) • 19.3km ESE

10

1