Green Cairn
Green Cairn is an archaeological site in Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland. Green Cairn is situated nearby to the village Fettercairn, as well as near Edzell Woods.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Green Cairn, Cairnton of Balbegno” and “Green Cairn, Vitrified Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sir John S Forbes Memorial Fountain, Main Street, Fettercairn and Fettercairn Parish Church.
Sir John S Forbes Memorial Fountain, Main Street, Fettercairn
Fountain
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sir John S Forbes Memorial Fountain, Main Street, Fettercairn is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Green Cairn.
Fettercairn Parish Church
Church
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fettercairn Parish Church is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Green Cairn.
Fettercairn distillery
Distillery
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fettercairn distillery is a Highland single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Fettercairn. Situated under the Grampian foothills in the Howe of Mearns, Fettercairn town’s name is loosely based on the phrase "the foot of the mountain". Fettercairn distillery is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Green Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fettercairn and Edzell Woods.
Fettercairn
Village
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fettercairn is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell. Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road from Deeside.
Edzell Woods
Village
Photo: Alan Morrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edzell Woods is a village in the Kincardine and Mearns area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is owned by Calum Tosh. It is 4 miles from Edzell by road, but only one mile directly east, over the River North Esk, which forms the boundary between Aberdeenshire and Angus. Edzell Woods is situated 2 miles southwest of Green Cairn.
Edzell
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edzell is a village in Angus, Scotland. It is five miles north of Brechin, by the River North Esk. Edzell is a Georgian-era planned town, with a broad main street and a grid system of side streets. Edzell is situated 3 miles southwest of Green Cairn.
Green Cairn
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Aberdeenshire, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.84058° or 56° 50′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.60237° or 2° 36′ 9″ westElevation
177 feet (54 metres)Open location code
9C8VR9RX+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 1241223215OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Green Cairn” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Green Cairn”
- Swedish: “Green Cairn”
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