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Great Cairn near Kirkmichel [Kirkmichael] Perthshire
Skene, James, 1834, Watercolour
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Great Cairn near Kirkmichel [Kirkmichael] Perthshire
Great Cairn near Kirkmichel [Kirkmichael] Perthshire
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15101
Title
Great Cairn near Kirkmichel [Kirkmichael] Perthshire
Description
A man and his dog sit on a small mound of stones which lies at the entry point to a road outlined by a line of rocks on either side. At the other end of the demarcated road, a bigger mound of rocks and stones sits at the top of a hill overlooking the valley. Another man stands at the base of the small mound, while a herd of cattle graze nearby.
Artist / maker
Skene, James
Date
1834
Size
19 x 51 cm
Type
Watercolour
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Annotation below title reads:
'180 feet in circumference, an avenue of stones leads up to it, terminated by two smaller cairns, besides a number of other small cairns scattered over the muir [?] 8 April 1834. N. B. much diminished of its original magnitude by removal of the stones.".
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