<< Text Pages >> Ramberry Cairn - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Orkney
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ramberry CairnCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Village: Crossiecrown
Map Ref: HY42401383
Latitude: 59.007658N Longitude: 3.004525W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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 |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Work finished this week on what was left of a presumed chambered cairn (at HY42401383) on Quanter Ness, only a little further coastward than the Crossiecrown settlement. It appears to be a novel type of cairn.
Indications are that it was dismantled early on. - Quanterness chambered cairn is across the road and up the lower slopes of Wideford Hill. It may be a crossover between the purely domestic and the religious type of site. Though there is no dating evidence it does share an alignment with the Tomb of The Eagles. After the exploratory dig it has now been covered over.
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3.1km SSE 147° Pickaquoy* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY44071116)
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5.0km ENE 60° Twi Ness* Cairn (HY46761625)
5.1km SSE 161° Crantit* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (HY440090)
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5.3km S 170° Lingrow* Chambered Tomb (HY43240863)
5.3km SSE 154° Scapa* Barrow Cemetery (HY447090)
5.4km NW 320° Oyce of Isbister* Round Barrow(s) (HY39021802)
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