Carn Challard

Also known as:
Inverlaidnan Farm
Nearest town:
Grantown-on-Spey (17km ENE)
OS reference:
NH86712235
OS sheets:
35, 36
Latitude:
57° 16' 40.25 N
Longitude:
3° 52' 45.37 W
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Images

Image of Carn Challard (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

The east side, taken by holding the camera through the fence.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 5, 2019
Image of Carn Challard (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

North west part of the cairn and a protective looking trees.

Image credit: drew/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 5, 2019
Image of Carn Challard (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

As usual the centre of the cairn has been houked and this very old looking trees grows in the middle.

Image credit: drew/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 5, 2019
Image of Carn Challard (Cairn(s)) by drewbhoy

From the north west, the nice sight of green but makes the deer fences a nightmare to climb over.

Image credit: drew/B
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Nov 5, 2019

Articles

Carn Challard

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Feb 1, 2020

A magical cairn to finish the last day of October, Carn Challard. Canmore doesn’t say to much about this site, only saying that it’s possibly a ring cairn.

To me, it looked like a normal upland cairn for the area. It is approximately 16m wide and its 1.5m tall. As usual its been houked and trees are growing in the damaged area.

From Carrbridge I walked on the minor road heading west past the railway station, what looks like an industrial estate until I reached a track heading north west which eventually crosses the River Dulnain via the beautiful Sluggan Bridge. Just after the bridge follow the river east until the deer fence and follow it uphill until its junction with another fence. At this point, it is relatively easy to get over. On the other side follow the fence west, which leads straight to the cairn.

Despite being fairly difficult to reach, a tremendous site.

Visited 31/10/2019.

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