Cairn Of Pitmansy

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Alternative Names Ardlogie
Site type CAIRN
Canmore ID 19059
Site Number NJ73NE 30
NGR NJ 7787 3753
Council ABERDEENSHIRE
Parish FYVIE
Former Region GRAMPIAN
Former District BANFF AND BUCHAN
Former County ABERDEENSHIRE

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Archaeological 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.

Books and References

Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale)
Page(s): Book No. 35, 101 Held at RCAHMS Ref

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