Square’s Knap

Nearest town:
Stonehaven (7km ENE)
OS reference:
NO81048313
OS sheet:
45
Latitude:
56° 56' 20.93 N
Longitude:
2° 18' 41.88 W
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Images

Image of Square’s Knap (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Looking over what should be Square’s Knap, at the top of the hill is nice Carmont cairn.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 11, 2019
Image of Square’s Knap (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Taken from half up the hill to Carmont, the scant remnants are to the right of the turbine.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 11, 2019
Image of Square’s Knap (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

Sadly this is a cairn that is all but dead, note the circular colour of the soil. The next time this is ploughed it will be gone.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 11, 2019
Image of Square’s Knap (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The disaster of Square’s Knap, all that is left is a slight mound and a change in colour of the clay coloured soil.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 11, 2019

Articles

Square’s Knap

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 17, 2019

I’ve always wanted to go to the Square’s Knap and Carmont cairns. The delivery of a trumpet to a nearby house provided the perfect opportunity.

Canmore’s description as a turf and whin covered site are sadly, like a lot places recently I’ve seen, well out of date. Square’s Knap has been well and truly removed.

All that remains is a circular pattern of pebbles, stones that are similar to Carmont, Cairn of Shiels etc etc and a change of soil colour. The next time this field is ploughed all evidence of the cairn will be removed.

I parked at Hillhead of Auquhirie and kept heading west using various tracks and fields until I reached the wind farm. At the main junction amongst the turbines keep heading west into a field and look into the small valley below. Piles of stones, whins and turf, the probable remains of Square’s Knap.

To find the actual site follow the fence line until the wood appears, jump the fence and head up the small hill to the south. What remains of the cairn now lay scattered in the recently ploughed field.

Visited 28/3/2019.

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