Bucharn Cairn is a huge early Bronze Age or late Neolithic cairn on a terraced hillside site above the River Feugh. The cairn stretches 27 metres across, and up to 4.5 metres high.
The site on the edge of a terrace gives wide-ranging views over the river and across to the Forest of Birse.
The platform on which the cairn sits is not a natural feature but appears to have been formed by field clearance.
About 0.75 miles to the east is a second cairn of about the same size, and there is a much smaller cairn directly east with a dyke running through it.
The cairn stands about 300m north of the B976 immediately east of Croftfoddie.
About Bucharn Cairn Address: Banchory,
Aberdeenshire,
Scotland
Attraction Type: Prehistoric Site
Location: 3 miles south west of Banchory, off the B976 onto a minor road. Half mile walk past Bucharn steading to the cairn.
Website: Bucharn Cairn Location
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OS: NO659929
Opening Details: Open access site, usually accessible at any reasonable time
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