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<< Our Photo Pages >> Rubh' an Dunain Cairn - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Isle of Skye

Submitted by howe on Tuesday, 09 June 2009  Page Views: 9466

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Skye Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Broadford  Nearest Village: Elgol
Map Ref: NG39341636
Latitude: 57.163813N  Longitude: 6.312991W
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
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by howe : Rubh' an dunain chambered tomb. View of the entrance in 1976. The lintel has since slipped (1997) so that the entry is now blocked. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Isle of Skye

Near the northwest shore of Loch na h-Airde on the Rubh' an Dunain peninsula stands the remains of a Neolithic chambered cairn. The cairn is almost circular, about 20 metres in diameter and 3 metres tall. Within it is a lintelled passage, some three metres long. Unfortunately, the roof is missing, which does at least allow good uninterrupted views into the interior of the chamber.

Excavations in 1931 and 1932 showed that the cairn was built of rounded stones, probably from the beach nearby, and surrounded by a low wall of vertical slabs with walling between. Pottery, flint and quartz chips were found in the excavations, which also included the fragmentary remains of six adults.

A chambered tomb on Skye visited in 1976. It has since (1997) deteriorated to the point that the entrance seen in the original photo is now blocked by the fallen lintel.

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Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by Creative Commons : The top was left open on this cairn after it was excavated in the 1930s. Six bodies were found in this chamber. The hole in the centre is the start of the passage to the outside. Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by Creative Commons : Copyright P Leedell and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by Antonine : The cairn had collapsed when I visited in 2015 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by hamilton : Rubh' an Dunain Chambered Cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by hamilton : View of the cairn from east of the entrance passage.

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by hamilton : The entrance to the Cairn, showing displaced uprights.

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by hamilton : This view through the roof aperture highlights the neat walling inside the chamber.

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by hamilton : A view into the interior of the Chambered Cairn through the gaping hole in its roof.

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by baudinol : I visited the 08.19.2015. beautiful!

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by baudinol

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by baudinol

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by baudinol

Rubh' an Dunain Cairn
Rubh' an Dunain Cairn submitted by howe : Interior of the back of the roughly polygonal chamber viewed from the passage, showing upright stones interspersed with dry stone walling

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Re: Rubh' an Dunain Cairn by Andy B on Thursday, 22 March 2018
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At the toe of this remote promontory, bounded by Loch Brittle and the Sound of Soay and reached only by a lonely track, lies a rich palimpsest of archaeological remains testifying to the former significance of Rubh' an Dunain. Chambered cairn, probably 2nd or 3rd millennium bc, a Neolithic passage grave.

To its south, one of best preserved survivals of an Iron Age promontory fort (or galleried dun), with a portion of curved drystone wall to landward, possibly 1st millennium bc. A stone-lined canal, possibly Viking, connects a sheltered inlet to a small lochan, suitable for harbouring birlinns. Small former township, with round-ended ruin of early-mid 18th century tacksman's house, a two-storey chimney gable at one end. Still occupied in the 1860s, this was the home of the MacAskills of Rubh' an Dunain.

Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. RIAS Publishing http://www.rias.org.uk

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