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'''Cairnie Burn''' is a stream in [[Kincardineshire]]. It rises in [[the Mounth]], the eastern range of the [[Grampian Mountains]], north of [[Netherley, Kincardineshire]]. The Cairnie Burn is a generally north-east-flowing watercourse that is a tributary to the [[Crynoch Burn]]. | '''Cairnie Burn''' is a stream in [[Kincardineshire]]. It rises in [[the Mounth]], the eastern range of the [[Grampian Mountains]], north of [[Netherley, Kincardineshire|Netherley]]. The Cairnie Burn is a generally north-east-flowing watercourse that is a tributary to the [[Crynoch Burn]]. | ||
The burn rises in the eastern part of the [[Durris Forest]], east of the [[Elsick Mounth]] passage. | The burn rises in the eastern part of the [[Durris Forest]], east of the [[Elsick Mounth]] passage. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Roman legions marched from [[Raedykes]] to [[Normandykes]] | Roman legions marched from [[Raedykes]] to [[Normandykes]] Roman Camp crossing Cairnie Burn in the Durris Forest as they sought higher ground evading the bogs of Red Moss and other low-lying mosses associated with the [[Burn of Muchalls]]. That march used the Elsick Mounth, one of the ancient trackways crossing the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains,<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18037 C. Michael Hogan, ''Elsick Mounth'', Megalithic Portal, editor: Andy Burnham]</ref> lying west of [[Netherley, Kincardineshire|Netherley]]. | ||
==In poetry== | ==In poetry== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:41, 13 February 2021
Cairnie Burn is a stream in Kincardineshire. It rises in the Mounth, the eastern range of the Grampian Mountains, north of Netherley. The Cairnie Burn is a generally north-east-flowing watercourse that is a tributary to the Crynoch Burn.
The burn rises in the eastern part of the Durris Forest, east of the Elsick Mounth passage.
History
Roman legions marched from Raedykes to Normandykes Roman Camp crossing Cairnie Burn in the Durris Forest as they sought higher ground evading the bogs of Red Moss and other low-lying mosses associated with the Burn of Muchalls. That march used the Elsick Mounth, one of the ancient trackways crossing the Mounth of the Grampian Mountains,[1] lying west of Netherley.
In poetry
An 1890 poem entitled The Auld House O' Gask by Caroline Oliphant took note of Cairnie Burn:[2] "that winds around the flowery bank of bonnie Cairnie Burn".
See also
References
Outside links
- Location map: 57°3’6"N, 2°15’2"W