Peach and Horne Memorial Cairn
Peach and Horne Memorial Cairn is a memorial in Highland Council, Scotland. Peach and Horne Memorial Cairn is situated nearby to Assynt Parish Church, as well as near the archaeological site Moated Site.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Assynt Parish Church and Ardvreck Castle.
Assynt Parish Church
Church
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Assynt Parish Church is situated 680 feet south of Peach and Horne Memorial Cairn.
Ardvreck Castle
Castle
Photo: StaraBlazkova, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ardvreck Castle is a castle, now ruinous, standing on a rocky promontory in Loch Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland, UK. The structure dates from about 1490 and is associated with the then landowners, the Macleods of Assynt. Ardvreck Castle is situated 1 mile northwest of Peach and Horne Memorial Cairn.
Calda House
Historic building
Photo: david glass, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calda House is a historic building, which is situated 4,100 feet northwest of Peach and Horne Memorial Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inchnadamph and North West Highlands Geopark.
Inchnadamph
Hamlet
Photo: Tagooty, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Inchnadamph is a hamlet in Assynt, Sutherland, Scotland. The name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic name Innis nan Damh meaning "meadow of the stags". Assynt is a remote area with a low population density.
North West Highlands Geopark
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North West Highlands Geopark is a UNESCO Geopark in Caithness and Sutherland in the north-west Scottish Highlands. The 2,000 km2 Geopark has coastal cliffs, beaches, mountains caves and waterfalls and a variety of unique geological features.
Peach and Horne Memorial Cairn
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “To Ben N Peach and John Horne who played the foremost part in unravelling the geological structures of the north west Highlands 1883-1897. An International tribute erected 1930.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.15386° or 58° 9′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.97762° or 4° 58′ 39″ westInception
1930Open location code
9CCQ523C+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 1779558123OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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