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Balmoral Estates, Prince Albert's Cairn

Commemorative Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Balmoral Estates, Prince Albert's Cairn

Classification Commemorative Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Balmoral Castle; Creag An Lurachain

Canmore ID 120845

Site Number NO29SE 66

NGR NO 2596 9343

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/120845

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Crathie And Braemar
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Kincardine And Deeside
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

For Balmoral Castle (NO 2550 9495) and related monuments, see NO29NE 15.00.

Prince Albert's Cairn [NAT]

OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.

Architecture Notes

Granite pyramid with inscribed date 21st August 1862. Inset panel inscribed 'To the Beloved Memory of Prince Albert, the Great and Good Prince Consort, Erected by his Broken-hearted Widow, VICTORIA. R.'.

This site was recorded as part of the Listed Buildings Recording Programme (LBRP) for 2001-02.

Information from RCAHMS (NMC), 2002.

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