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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Vementry
Country: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Chambered Cairn

Map Ref: HU296609
Latitude: 60.331090N  Longitude: 1.465785W
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.
 5 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.
 1 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
 4

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Vementry
Vementry submitted by Creative Commons : Chambered Cairn, Muckle Ward, Vementry Isle This looks like any other cairn from this angle, but see another picture I have posted which shows the chamber. Copyright Ruth Sharville and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Shetland

Vementry is an uninhabited island in Shetland, on the north side of the West Mainland, lying south of Muckle Roe. The island is known for its well-preserved chambered cairn, and two First World War gun emplacements. The chambered cairn is a well-preserved Neolithic heel-shaped cairn about 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter and rising to over 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) in height.

The heel-shaped cairn, with its usually cruciform chamber, is a type of megalithic monument that is found in Scotland, especially in Caithness and Sutherland and on the Shetland Islands. On Orkney, the Isbister Cairn is the only site that is similar in shape. The cruciform chambers, accessed via a short passage, have a large recess at the head and two smaller recesses to the side.

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Vementry
Vementry submitted by Creative Commons : Chambered Cairn entrance, Vementry Isle Apparently the body of the deceased was laid OUTSIDE the chamber, for the eagles to consume the flesh, and the bones were then placed inside the chamber. The original eco-burial. Copyright Ruth Sharville and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
HU2960 : Chambered Cairn entrance, Vementry Isle by Ruth Sharville
by Ruth Sharville
©2008(licence)
HU2960 : Chambered Cairn, Muckle Ward, Vementry Isle by Ruth Sharville
by Ruth Sharville
©2008(licence)
HU2960 : Un-named loch, Vementry Isle by Ruth Sharville
by Ruth Sharville
©2008(licence)
HU2960 : Northra Voe by David Nicolson
by David Nicolson
©2011(licence)
HU2961 : Northra Voe from Muckle Ward, Vementry Isle by Ruth Sharville
by Ruth Sharville
©2008(licence)

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