Upper Shampher
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Upper Shampher
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Ardlair
Canmore ID 36204
Site Number NO69SE 2
NGR NO 6689 9337
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/36204
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Strachan
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
NO69SE 2 6689 9337.
(NO 6689 9337) Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A round cairn of stones, about 100' in diameter and 30' in height.
Name Book 1864.
A cairn of bare stones on a slope, partly robbed in the N and S. It measures about 25m in diameter and is about 3.0m high; it appears to stand on a platform about 29m in diameter and 0.6m high which may be an original feature although accentuated particularly in the S by ploughing. It is similar to NO69SE 3.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (AA) 11 August 1972.
No change to previous field report.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (NKB) 28 April 1978.
