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<< Our Photo Pages >> Knowe of Craie - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by h_fenton on Monday, 02 September 2019  Page Views: 826

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Knowe of Craie
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Knowe of Craie
Knowe of Craie submitted by h_fenton : Knowe of Craie, Rousay, viewed from Kierfea Hill 2 September 2019 (Vote or comment on this photo)
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.

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HY4131 : Track with gate by Ian Balcombe
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HY4131 : Gated track by Ian Balcombe
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HY4131 : Thistles in the pasture by Ian Balcombe
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HY4131 : The Deserted Crofthouse of Brittany by Ian Balcombe
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