White Cairn
Cairn (Prehistoric)
Site Name White Cairn
Classification Cairn (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 33939
Site Number NO48SE 1
NGR NO 4824 8273
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33939
- Council Angus
- Parish Lochlee
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO48SE 1 4824 8273.
(NO 4824 8273) White Cairn (NR)
OS 6" map, Forfarshire and Angus, 2nd ed., (1902)
White Cairn: A large, artificially constructed circle of small stones, with large ones forming the outside. It is c. 33' in diameter and 2' high.
Name Book 1861.
White Cairn (name confirmed) is situated on the edge of a cleared part of the moor and measures 10.0m in diameter and 0.5m maximum height. A few large boulders are spread around the perimeter of the cairn forming a retaining kerb.
Visited by OS (N K B) 10 November 1967.
