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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cnoc Freiceadain - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Caithness

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cnoc Freiceadain
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Thurso  Nearest Village: Shebster
Map Ref: ND0132065415  Landranger Map Number: 11
Latitude: 58.565534N  Longitude: 3.698054W
Condition:
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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
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1Awful
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 3 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
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
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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by h_fenton : Cnoc Freiceadain - chambered long horned cairn, dating from the Neolithic. Kite Aerial Photograph taken roughly north. just in cloud shadow a short distance beyond the far end of this cairn is Na Tri Sithean cairn which is slightly larger and better preserved. 10 May 2011 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered long horned cairn and near neighbour Na Tri Sithean both dating from the Neolithic. With a view of 5000 years as well as the Dounray Nulclear Power Station in the background.

Cnoc Freiceadain is a chambered long horned cairn, dating from the Neolithic. It measures 67m long NE-SW. This cairn forms the site of Cnoc Freiceadain Long Cairns, the other cairn is just under 100 metres away, it is slightly larger and set at right angles to this cairn NW-SE. Between them they occupy the top of the hillside. Both are grassed over with stones sticking out.

This site is cared for by Historic Scotland, there are signposts to the site from the minor road to the east and limited parking on the roadside, from there it is an uphill walk.

Additional text by H Fenton and Cosmic

Note: Neolithic horned cairns and surrounding landscape scanned as part of wind farm development
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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by steveco : Cnoc Freiceadain Long Cairns ND012653. A view of 5000 years. Dounray Nulclear Power Station is in the background. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cnoc Freiceadain N submitted by markj99 : Possible Capstone of Cnoc Freiceadain N Cairn Cist (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cnoc Freiceadain N submitted by markj99 : Centre of Cnoc Freiceadain N Cairn viewed from W. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cnoc Freiceadain N submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Freiceadain N Cairn viewed from W. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cnoc Freiceadain N submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Freiceadain N Cairn viewed from S.

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Cnoc Freiceadain N submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Freiceadain N Cairn viewed from E.

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Cnoc Freiceadain N submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Freiceadain N Cairn viewed from N.

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by SandyG : View from above and south.

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by SandyG : View from the south east with the cairn on the skyline.

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by SandyG : The view of the long cairn from the nearby Na Tri Sithean. Orkney provides a dramatic backdrop.

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by SandyG : The southern end of the long cairn. View from south west. The visual character of the landscape around here has changed dramatically in recent years.

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by SandyG : Looking north along the mound.

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by durhamnature : Photo of the cairn from "Report on inventory of Scottish Monuments...Caithness" via archive.org

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by cosmic : South end of Cairn

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by cosmic : Looking SW up it

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by cosmic : Looking NE along top

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Cnoc Freiceadain submitted by cosmic : Idea of Length - Janet at far end

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Preserving a multi-period landscape: LiDAR survey in Caithness by Andy B on Monday, 23 April 2012
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AOC Archaeology Group has recently undertaken a major landscape survey in Caithness using state of the art LiDAR surveying equipment. They were working on behalf of Baillie Windfarm Ltd to produce the LiDAR survey, which was designed to record the setting of the Baillie Hill windfarm prior to its construction.

LiDAR works by laser scanning the ground from an aeroplane, using high-accuracy GPS to position the resulting measurements. This data can be processed to create very high-resolution elevation models, detailed enough to record walls, cairns and earthworks, giving an unparalleled view of the archaeology in the area. Unlike an aerial photograph, LiDAR elevation models can be shaded and lit from multiple directions, highlighting archaeological features that are otherwise impossible to see from the air.

More details and a couple of the scans on view here
http://www.aocarchaeology.com/news/BaillieLiDAR
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Neolithic horned cairns near Caithness wind farm scanned by Andy B on Monday, 23 April 2012
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A wind farm developer has paid for archaeologists to scan a cluster of seven Neolithic horned cairns near to where 21 turbines will be erected. [Presumably not out of the goodness of their heart but because they were told to as part of the planning conditions for the site - MegP Ed]

The 5,000 year old structures at Hill of Shebster, near Thurso, in Caithness, were used for burials and rituals.

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) equipment was used to map the cairns.

Edinburgh-based AOC Archaeology also recorded 300 new Bronze and Iron Age sites in the £100,000 project funded by Baillie Wind Farm.

A car park and path are to be built near the cairns to allow the public to visit them.

Consultant Dr Graeme Cavers, of AOC Archaeology, said: "The Shebster area is an unusually good example of a well-preserved cluster of sites.

"They are essentially burial and ritual monuments, much like the chapels and shrines of more recent times, and each of them is likely to have been used exclusively by individual local groups or communities."

He added: "The survey makes an invaluable contribution to the archaeological record of Caithness, and is really the first large-scale survey of its kind undertaken in Scotland."

More at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-17463275
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    Challenges & Opportunities for Wind Farm Developers by Andy B on Monday, 23 April 2012
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    Am I the only one who is deeply uncomfortable about this?

    http://www.aocarchaeology.com/news/the-renewables-revolution-2012
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      Re: Challenges & Opportunities for Wind Farm Developers by frogcottage42 on Monday, 23 April 2012
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      I see your point; having an 'award winning QC' advising wind farm developers on how to circumvent planning restrictions and not upset the locals reminds me a little of Basil Fawlty 'not' upsetting the Germans!

      It seems that AOC are creating a severe conflict of interests and basically touting for work by offering to help the developers avoid fully embracing their responsibility to the communities they impact on and the wider issue of heritage.
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    Re: Challenges & Opportunities for Wind Farm Developers by Andy B on Monday, 23 April 2012
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    More here

    http://www.aocarchaeology.com/services/seminars

    Mitigating visual impact: challenges and solutions

    Visual impacts on the settings of Scheduled Ancient Monuments, Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas, Gardens and Designed Landscapes and World Heritage Sites are increasingly becoming significant obstacles to many developments, particularly windfarms, and the scale of this obstacle is gradually increasing. The problem is compounded by the requirement to consider not only visual impacts on the designated object itself but on its setting and in the case of World Heritage designations, we have seen recently the issue of visual impacts on the amenity zone of the designated area, i.e. an impact on the setting of a setting of a designated object. In this hour long seminar the Chairman of AOC, and Head Consultant, John Barber will offer a definition of setting that has been tested at public inquiry and suggest strategies for the mitigation of landscape scale visual impacts.

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Re: Cnoc Freiceadain by h_fenton on Thursday, 18 August 2011
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Cnoc Freiceadain - chambered long horned cairn, dating from the Neolithic, It measures 67m long.

This cairn forms the site of Cnoc Freiceadain Long Cairns, the other cairn is just under 100 metres away, it is slightly larger and set at right angles to this cairn.

This site is cared for by Historic Scotland, there are signposts to the site and limited parking on the roadside, from there it is an uphill walk.
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Re: Cnoc Freiceadain by cosmic on Wednesday, 03 October 2007
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There are two cairns here - Cnoc Freiceadain which is orientated NE-SW and the other one, Na Tri Shean which goes NW-SE so they lie at 90 degrees to each other. Between them they occupy the top of the hillside. Both are grassed over with stones sticking out.

They are in the care of Historic Scotland and signposted off the minor road to the East.
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