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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Knowe of CraieCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.938 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Orkney Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Rousay
Map Ref: HY41963153
Latitude: 59.166524N Longitude: 3.016876W
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Knowe of Craie neolithic chambered cairn of the Orkney-Cromarty type. The cairn is situated on enclosed land on the north side of the valley above Suso Burn.
The chambered cairn was already greatly robbed and in poor condition when the landowner excavated the site in 1941. The cairn is around 11 metres in diameter, the passage is 2.5 metres long and faces due east, the chamber is about 4.5 metres long and is divided into three compartments by upright slabs.
https://canmore.org.uk/site/2715/rousay-knowe-of-craie
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