Finglenny

Also known as:
Chapel Cairn
Nearest town:
Huntly (12km NE)
OS reference:
NJ45163025
OS sheets:
29, 37
Latitude:
57° 21' 34.42 N
Longitude:
2° 54' 41.98 W
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Image of Finglenny (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The cairn is almost impossible to spot from the fairly nearby track.

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 4, 2016
Image of Finglenny (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The cairn from east. Bess needs training in cairn hunting :-)

Image credit: drew/ALC/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 4, 2016

Articles

Finglenny

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jul 11, 2016

At last the hunt for Finglenny is over. Heaven knows how I managed to miss this place but I’ll blame the camouflage. From the henge at Wormy Hillock cross the bridge and then head south. However instead of following the track we headed into the woods and walked up the middle between the Ealaiche Burn and the track. Approximately 500 meters up stream you will walk straight into the cairn.

The cairn is well camouflaged by green moss and ferns. On the south east side it is over 2 meters in height. The main reason for walking past this site is that on the north west it is practically flat. When the forest wasn’t there the views of Tap O Noth would have been stunning. After a good look round we went back up onto the track for further Drew training. Sorry I mean dog training.

Visited 23/5/2016.

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