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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bigland RoundCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.291 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Village: Sourin
Map Ref: HY438325
Latitude: 59.175481N Longitude: 2.98495W
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| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
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drolaf visited on 11th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 These smaller chambered cairns are often ignored but there are several in NE Rousay
Bigland Round
One of the many small stalled cairns in the North east of Rousay, on the glacial ridges above the farmland.
The bank and ditch are in good condition, and some of the stall slabs are in place.
Access was by special arrangement. It lies on private farmland across the valley from the cairns on Faraclett hill. 200m north west of the Rinyo Neolithic settlement (now infilled).
For more information see Canmore Site ID 2709.
A near-circular burial cairn of Orkney-Cromarty type, with a tripartite chamber
The cairn measures between 11.3 m and 12.5 m in diameter, with some distortion of the outline caused by quarrying on the NE side prior to excavation. Two concentric wall faces are visible, c.1m apart. The outer face survives to a maximum height of 0.3m; the less prominent inner face survives mainly on the S side of the cairn. Access to the chamber is from the SE through a passage measuring 1.1m long by 0.6m wide.
The passage had been blocked in antiquity by a large stone set flush to the outer facade. The inner end of the passage is marked by two portal stones, 0.6m apart. The chamber measures 4.8m long by 2.1m wide (maximum) and contains three compartments separated by upright, paired slabs. The innermost compartment is 1.7m long, the central compartment 1.8 m long and the outer compartment 1m long.
The compartment walls comprise up to five courses of masonry and stand up to 0.5m high. The pairs of orthostats between the compartments stand between 0.6m and 1.2m high.
sidewalls of the innermost chamber converge towards a massive single central orthostat, standing 1m high. Pairs of upright slabs at right angles to both sides of the innermost compartment are thought to represent supports for low benches or shelves.
A continuous bank c.0.75m high by 3.5m wide, and a shallow ditch c.0.5 m deep by up to 1m across, encircle the tomb.
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