Cairn Mon Earn

View from the summit of Cairn Mon Earn

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

Location

Telecommunication masts on Cairn Mon Earn

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 378 metres (1,240 ft) and a drop of 228 metres (748 ft), Cairn Mon Earn is listed as a Marilyn.[2] There is a trig point and several telecommunication masts at the summit.

History

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,[3] lying westerly of Netherley.

See also

References

  1. ↑ United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger 45, Stonehaven and Banchory, 1:50,000 scale, 2004
  2. ↑ "Database of British and Irish Hills". Database of British and Irish hills. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  3. ↑ C. Michael Hogan. Andy Burnham, ed. "Elsick Mounth". Megalithic Portal. Retrieved 30 August 2009.

Coordinates: 57°1′6″N 2°21′29″W / 57.01833°N 2.35806°W / 57.01833; -2.35806

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