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<< Our Photo Pages >> Geirisclett - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in North Uist

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 13 September 2011  Page Views: 3298

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Geirisclett
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.

County: North Uist Type: Chambered Cairn

Map Ref: NF76847520
Latitude: 57.650328N  Longitude: 7.419449W
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
2 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.
3 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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Geirisclett
Geirisclett submitted by Andy B : Chambered Cairn In the bottom right of the picture you can see the flat sided stones, standing upright, of the chambered cairn Copyright Stuart Wilding and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. Site in North Uist Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered cairn or long cist lying upon Geirisclett, almost exactly at high-water-mark on the extremity of a small point. It was investigated by Beveridge in 1911, who found three of its sides intact but the east end entirely lost. At that point there were slight indications of a narrow passage bending towards the south. Part of a fallen capstone was found at the western end and what appeared to be the main capstone a few yards away. The chamber was paved throughout.

The site was visited by Miss Henshall in 1962, when the cairn was found to be considerably robbed and disturbed: on the south side stones have been built into a rough breakwater projecting from the cairn to make a sheltered landing-place.

A trial excavation was conducted by Ian Armit in 1966, in the chamber of this Neolithic tomb which had been previously investigated by Erskine Beveridge in the first decade of this century. The chamber lies at HWM and is highly vulnerable to tidal erosion and scouring. Further excavations were conducted during May 1997.

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Geirisclett
Geirisclett submitted by Postman : Holy cow look how big they are, we didn't get all the way. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Geirisclett
Geirisclett submitted by Andy B : A bit hard to see because of the harsh lighting but this is the chambered cairn on Geiriscleit Copyright Stuart Wilding and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. Site in North Uist Scotland (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NF7675 : Chambered Cairn by Stuart Wilding
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NF7675 : Tràigh Bhalaigh by Stuart Wilding
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Geirisclett 3D photogrammetry model by Andy B on Wednesday, 12 June 2013
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Several aerial photographs of the Neolithic chambered cairn at Geirisclett, North Uist have been compiled into a 3D photogrammetry model using Autodesk 123D Catch.

The cairn is located at the tip of a small promontory in North Uist and is now partly inundated at high tide. See the monument here in its current coastal environment.

Photos by Jonathan Benjamin, WA Coastal & Marine © Wessex Archaeology
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