Creagandubh, Davidson's Cairn
Commemorative Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Creagandubh, Davidson's Cairn
Classification Commemorative Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Upperton
Canmore ID 126664
Site Number NJ31NE 72
NGR NJ 3641 1970
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/126664
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenbuchat
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
NJ31NE 72 3641 1970
Davidson's Cairn [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1975.
Davidson's Cairn. A small cairn marking the spot where Davidson, a poacher, was found dead of natural causes.
OS Name Book, 1866.
Davidson's Cairn is a small cairn of white quartz boulders, within which has been set a granite boulder bearing the inscription 'A DAVIDSON 1792 - 1843'.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 21 October 1997.
