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Auchenlaich


Auchenlaich is a remarkable site being the longest burial cairn in Britain.

Stretching some 350m approximately north-north-west to south-south-east it is situated on a gravel terrace around 50m north of the Keltie Water. It has been much disturbed over the years with material robbed for building work, field clearance material added, and a road and a couple of track cut across it.

The cairn stands to a height of approximately 0.5m, although it is taller at either end (possibly partly due to the addition of field clearance material). The south-south-east end has been interpreted as a separate chambered cairn of the Clyde type measuring around 48m in length by around 15m across and up to 1.6m in height. Large stones built into the earth probably form a concave entrance into a chamber, the stones of which can be seen within the cairn material.

The cairn is thought to have been extended with the addition of stones running a further 300m to the north-north-west. Around 118m along the cairn from the south-south-east the remains of a second chamber can be seen, with the side slabs and head stone still in place and the entrance on the west side.

At the north-north-west end the cairn measures around 11m across.

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Where is Auchenlaich?

Auchenlaich is in the parish of Callander and the county of Perthshire.

Grid reference: NN 6498 0715

Lat / long: 56.238971, -4.180561

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Weather at Auchenlaich

4°C
max 6°C / min 4°C
30km/h WNW
1013mb
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Ancient sites near Auchenlaich

Auchenlaich fort

0.6km away

Boquhapple broch

5.3km away

Auchinsalt broch

6.3km away

Loch Lubnaig crannog

7.5km away

Gallow Hill broch

10.2km away

Coldoch broch

10.3km away

Leckie broch and fort

14.0km away

Broompark standing stone

14.1km away

Fairy Knowe broch

14.5km away
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Castles near Auchenlaich

Callander Castle

2.0km away

Tom na Chisaig

2.4km away

Leny Castle

3.3km away

Craigton Castle

3.6km away

Leny House

3.9km away

Colliechat Castle (site of)

5.2km away

Rusky Castle

5.2km away

Annet (site of)

5.5km away

Lanrick Castle (site of)

5.7km away
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Pictish stones near Auchenlaich

Old Kilmadock 2 Class I symbol stone

7.5km away

Old Kilmadock 1 Class II symbol stone

7.5km away

Blackford Class I symbol stone

27.6km away

Hawkhill Class III cross-slab

29.0km away

Fowlis Wester Class II cross-slab

32.5km away

Fowlis Wester Church Class III cross-slab

32.5km away

Tullibole Class III cross slab

40.9km away

Dupplin Cross Class III cross

41.7km away

Abernethy No. 5 Class III cross shaft

53.7km away
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Pictish sites near Auchenlaich

Todholes (possible) silver chain

72.7km away

Borland silver chain

73.4km away

Norrie's Law hoard

75.8km away

Whitecleugh silver chain

88.8km away

Haddington silver chain

92.4km away

Traprain Law silver chain

98.3km away

Whitlaw silver chain

102.9km away

Hoardweel silver chain

122.5km away

Torvean silver chain

136.0km away
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Accommodation near Auchenlaich

Abbotsford Lodge
hotelCallander
1.4km away
Roman Camp Hotel
hotel, restaurantCallander
1.8km away
Dalgair House Hotel
hotelCallander
1.9km away
The Crags Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barCallander
2.0km away
Annfield Guest House
bed and breakfastCallander
2.0km away
The Waverley Hotel
hotelCallander
2.1km away
Dreadnought Hotel
hotel, barCallander
2.4km away
Dunmor House
hotelCallander
2.7km away
Poppies Hotel and Restaurant
hotel, restaurant, barCallander
3.5km away
Leny Estate, North Wing
self-catering apartmentCallander
3.9km away

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Cafés, restaurants & bars near Auchenlaich

Roman Camp Hotel
hotel, restaurantCallander
1.8km away
The Crags Hotel
hotel, restaurant, barCallander
2.0km away
Mhor Bread
caféCallendar
2.4km away
Dreadnought Hotel
hotel, barCallander
2.4km away
Poppies Hotel and Restaurant
hotel, restaurant, barCallander
3.5km away
The Inn at Kippen
hotel, restaurant, pubKippen
12.4km away
The Cross Keys
hotel, restaurant, pubKippen
12.5km away
Inn At Strathyre
hotel, restaurant, pubStrathyre
13.1km away
Mhor 84 Motel
hotel, restaurantBalquhidder
15.5km away
Drummond Hotel
hotel, pubSt Fillans
17.5km away
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Published on the 20th of February 2014 at 2:26 pm. Updated on the 10th of April 2019 at 12:27 pm.

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