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<< Our Photo Pages >> Carn Liath (Skye) - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Isle of Skye

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 17 April 2001  Page Views: 12948

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn Liath (Skye)
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Skye Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Portree  Nearest Village: Uig
Map Ref: NG372688
Latitude: 57.632269N  Longitude: 6.404365W
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
 no data 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.
 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
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Carn Liath (Skye)
Carn Liath (Skye) submitted by Andy B : A neolithic chambered burial cairn above the east shore of Loch Snizort. A couple of the chambers are discernible, but most of the stones have been tumbled, or plundered for dyke building. Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Skye

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Carn Liath (Skye)
Carn Liath (Skye) submitted by Andy B : This Chambered Cairn overlooks Eilean a' Loch, an area of ground which was drained to provide pasture for sheep and cattle. It is said that bringing in a mechanical digger for a day would restore it to its former state. Copyright Dave Fergusson and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Liath (Skye)
Carn Liath (Skye) submitted by Andy B : Zoom from the road, taken in about 1997 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NG3768 : Carn Liath by John Allan
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NG3768 : Carn Liath Chambered Cairn by Dave Fergusson
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NG3768 : Eilean Chaluim Chille by John Allan
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NG3668 : Open Moorland by Dave Fergusson
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NG3769 : Clach Ghearasdann by John Allan
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Carn Liath (Skye) Street View by Andy B on Tuesday, 13 April 2010
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Re: Carn Liath (Skye) by Anonymous on Monday, 20 January 2003
CANMORE says:
Carn Liath is a Hebridean type chambered cairn, interpreted as a probable long cairn by the RCAHMS. It has been roughly square in outline with somewhat projecting corners or horns and is crossed by a tall modern drystone wall running E-W. Although greatly robbed, the cairn still rises as a mound of bare stones to a height of 14', the summit being about 20' N of the wall; S of the wall the cairn is reduced to a low, stony turf-covered mound which merges with the surrounding turf.
It has probably measured about 60' N-S along the axis of the chamber by 80' transversely expanding to 90' at the N end. The chamber is entered from the SSE.

A peristalith of split blocks and boulders can be traced intermittently on the N, E an W but the S has been so heavily robbed that its original edge cannot be identified. Cairn material has spread beyond the peristalith on the E and W.
The only indication of a forecourt is a pair of stones, each set 6' from the remains of the chamber and 14'9" apart; they are probably part of the facade. Immediately in front of the wall is a large broken capstone. At the N end of the cairn, the foundations of buildings abut the edge and extend northwards, and from its SE corner another wall runs S.
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