Alternative Names Balmoral Castle; Creag An Lurachain
Site type COMMEMORATIVE CAIRN
Canmore ID 120845
Site Number NO29SE 66
NGR NO 2596 9343
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish CRATHIE AND BRAEMAR
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District KINCARDINE AND DEESIDE
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NO29SE 42 2595 9343

For Balmoral Castle (NO 2550 9495) and related monuments, see NO29NE 15.00.

Prince Albert's Cairn [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1972.

Architectural Notes

Granite pyramid with inscribed date 21st August 1862. Inset panel inscribed 'To the Beloved Memory of Prince Albert, the Great and Good Prince Consort, Erected by his Broken-hearted Widow, VICTORIA. R.'.
This site was recorded as part of the Listed Buildings Recording Programme (LBRP) for 2001-02.
Information from RCAHMS (NMC), 2002.