Cairn Mon Earn Explained

Cairn Mon Earn or Cairn-mon-earn is a hill in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Location

Cairn Mon Earn (OS: Cairn-mon-earn) lies within the Durris Forest, in the Mounth region of the Grampian Mountains.^[1] It forms the backdrop to Netherley and is visible from coastal hills such as Kempstone Hill and Megray Hill.

With a height of and a drop of, Cairn Mon Earn is listed as a Marilyn.^[2] There is a trig point and several telecommunication masts at the summit.

History

Situated close to the summit is a substantial burial cairn of the Early Bronze Age.^[3] A modern Triangulation station (aka. Trig point) is located on part of the cairn.

Roman legions marched from Raedykes to Normandykes Roman Camp, somewhat east of Cairn Mon Earn as they sought higher ground evading the bogs of Red Moss and other low-lying mosses including the Burn of Muchalls. That march used the Elsick Mounth, an ancient trackway crossing the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains,^[4] lying westerly of Netherley.

See also

• Lochton

References

57.0183°N -2.3581°W

Notes and References

1. United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
2. Web site: Cairn Mon Earn. Hillbagging.co.uk. 25 May 2019.
3. Web site: Cairn-mon-earn - Scheduled Ancient Monument . Historic Environment Scotland . 9 January 2021.
4. Web site: Elsick Mounth. C. Michael Hogan. Megalithic Portal. Andy Burnham. 30 August 2009.