Mains Of Persie

Nearest town:
Rattray (11km SE)
OS reference:
NO13505531
OS sheet:
53
Latitude:
56° 40' 53.7 N
Longitude:
3° 24' 43.47 W
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Image of Mains Of Persie (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

North east section, the area behind has loads of hut circles.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 24, 2019
Image of Mains Of Persie (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

East section, the kerbs are there but covered in moss.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 24, 2019
Image of Mains Of Persie (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

West side of the cairn. Clashmore and the Knock of Balmyle behind.

Image credit: drew/AMJ
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Oct 24, 2019

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Mains Of Persie

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Dec 27, 2019

Set amongst ruined hut circles and numerous clearance cairns, the Mains of Persie cairn is quite an impressive site.

It stands at 13m wide, being 0.5m tall. Intermittent kerbs surround the site especially on the south and east were at least 10 stones are still earthfast.

I parked about a 1/2 mile north of Persie House on the A93s western side at the entrance to a field. The cairn is up the hill which, on the 22nd, was reasonably dry until the wood that obscures the site. Walking to the south of the wood is quite a boggy affair until swinging north west were being uphill it becomes drier.

Visited 22/10/2019.

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