Edderton Hill

Nearest town:
Tain (5km E)
OS reference:
NH7349383401
OS sheet:
21
Latitude:
57° 49' 21.11 N
Longitude:
4° 7' 48.43 W
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Image of Edderton Hill (Long Cairn) by drewbhoy

Up on the track heading towards the very ruined Cambuscurrie Wood Cairn.

Image credit: drew/ED
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 4, 2025
Image of Edderton Hill (Long Cairn) by drewbhoy

The far east, turf covers the furthest east section.

Image credit: drew/ED
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 4, 2025
Image of Edderton Hill (Long Cairn) by drewbhoy

A wee shelter has been made plus one of these daft walker’s things.

Image credit: drew/ED
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 4, 2025
Image of Edderton Hill (Long Cairn) by drewbhoy

From the west to east, at the far end ED is handily pointing to where the track is :-)

Image credit: drew/ED
drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 4, 2025
Image of Edderton Hill (Long Cairn) by drewbhoy

The much trashed Edderton Long Cairn, this heading south est.

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Apr 4, 2025

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Edderton Hill

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jun 10, 2025

Heading east through woods and clearings we found the forestry track that would lead straight to the long cairn on Edderton Hill.

It has taken quite a battering. A lot of walls have been built using stones from the cairn, even worse a 2 meter gap has been chopped through to allow a track, now overgrown, to the woods nearby to the north. Plenty of space to go round – baffles me.

What remains is a cairn that stretches over 60m in length, some of it turf and heather covered with the width being 14m in places especially in the east. Other parts are reduced to 7m in width, its height no more than 1.5m.

Easy to spot on the north side of the track.

Visited 31/03/2025.

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