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Cairn Of Pitmansy

Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Cairn Of Pitmansy

Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Ardlogie

Canmore ID 19059

Site Number NJ73NE 30

NGR NJ 7787 3753

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Fyvie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Banff And Buchan
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Archaeology Notes

NJ73NE 30 7787 3753.

(NJ 7787 3753) Cairn of Pitmansy (NR)

OS 6" map, (1959)

A cairn now reduced to a small heap of stones on the summit of a conspicuous hill. It is the legendary burial place of a local farmer, who was killed by the Laird of Ardlogie.

Name Book 1871.

A turf-covered cairn 10.5m in diameter and about 1.0m high.

Revised at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (ISS) 25 January 1972.

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