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Cairns Of Geith
Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Cairns Of Geith
Classification Cairn(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Cairns Of Erith
Canmore ID 17797
Site Number NJ54NE 1
NGR NJ 5659 4957
NGR Description NJ 5659 4957 and NJ 5666 4971
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17797
- Council Moray
- Parish Rothiemay
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
NJ54NE 1 5659 4957 and 5666 4971.
(NJ 5667 4971 and Cairns of Geith {NR} 5659 4957)
OS 6" map, Banffshire, 2nd ed., (1904)
Two large cairns which have never been opened.
Name Book 1867.
Cairns of Erith (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
The smaller of the two cairns, at NJ 5659 4957, is now reduced to a conical turf-covered mound, 1.2m high and 6.0m diameter. The larger cairn, at NJ 5667 4971, is about 1.2m high and 11.5m diameter. In the centre are the remains of a lozenge-shaped chamber, built of rough, dry-stone walling, standing c.1.0m high inside and c.0.2m above the general level of the cairn outside.
No confirmation of either name could be obtained.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (JTT) 16 September 1964.
The cairns are as described by Todd, except that the 'lozenge-shaped chamber' in the N cairn is modern, probably a crude shooting butt built from cairn material. Neither of the proper names are still known locally. The name 'Erith' is probably a misreading of the name 'Geith' in Old English script.
Visited by OS (NKB) 19 January 1968.
