Black Cairn
Boundary Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Black Cairn
Classification Boundary Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Black Cairn Hill
Canmore ID 30088
Site Number NO21NW 30
NGR NO 2334 1718
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30088
- Council Fife
- Parish Abdie
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
NO21NW 30 2334 1718.
NO 2334 1718 Black Cairn (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
A cairn on the summit of Black Cairn Hill, gathered together at some remote period for a boundary mark between the parishes of Abdie and Newburgh.
Name Book 1854.
A modern cairn 4.0m in diameter and 1.5m high set on a raised plinth 0.7m wide. There is no evidence of an earlier cairn.
Visited by OS (J P) 2 June 1970.
