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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 707944
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/707944
NS93SE 1 95320 34368
(NS 9531 3436) Tinto Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, (1957).
A cairn measuring approximately 45m in diameter and nearly 6m in height occupies a commanding position on the summit of Tinto. Even if it is partly of natural origin (Geog J 1954) and has had stones added to
it by visitors, it remains one of the largest cairns in Scotland.
RCAHMS 1978, visited 1969.
This cairn was generally as described by the RCAHMS when seen in 1955.
Visited by OS(JD) 21 June 1955.
No change to previous information.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS(JRL) 21 February 1979.
