<< Our Photo Pages >> Quanterness - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Orkney
Submitted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 01 August 2006 Page Views: 11054
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: QuanternessCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Kirkwall
Map Ref: HY417129
Latitude: 58.999213N Longitude: 3.016463W
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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A large chambered cairn - but just a large grassy mound to visit. I cycled up through the farm, and began along the ridgeway track beneath Wideford Hill. Expecting to knock and ask permission, there was an open gate, and nothing to prohibit or prevent me from a look. Difficult to appreciate the site.
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