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North Wood, Dunfermline
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name North Wood, Dunfermline
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 50850
Site Number NT18NW 12
NGR NT 1182 8565
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50850
- Council Fife
- Parish Dunfermline
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18NW 12 1182 8565.
NT 1178 8565: A barrow/cairn lies above the 200' contour in the W part of North Wood. It is c9.5m in diameter x 1.0m high, composed of soil with boulders on an area of sand. It has had trees growing on it and the top is now damaged. Two pieces of Bronze Age pottery were found in disturbances at different points of the perimeter. They will be donated to the NMAS.
K Reedie 1971; Information from K Reedie, letter 4 May 1971.
NT 1182 8565. A much mutilated, grassed-over cairn 12.0m in diameter and 1.0m high.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (JP) 30 April 1972
