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<< Our Photo Pages >> Port Charlotte - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Isle of Islay

Submitted by nicoladidsbury on Sunday, 22 August 2004  Page Views: 10412

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Port Charlotte
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Islay Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Bridgend  Nearest Village: Port Charlotte
Map Ref: NR2482957613  Landranger Map Number: 60
Latitude: 55.733497N  Longitude: 6.384965W
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.
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
0No data.
4 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
5

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Port Charlotte submitted by nicoladidsbury : Port Charlotte Chambered Cairn - looking North West over the bay of Loch Indaal to the Paps of Jura (Vote or comment on this photo)
A ruined chambered cairn on Islay.

The info board reads:
Neolithic Chambered Cairn
The first people living on this site were Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who arrived soon after the ice age, 10,000 years ago. They lived by hunting deer, otters and wildfowl, by fishing and by gathering an assortment of shellfish and plant foods. Many of their temporary campsites and discarded stone tools have been discovered on Islay.
About five thousand years ago Neolithic people arrived. They herded animals and may have cultivated crops, but their settlements have not yet been discovered on Islay. We know they lived here though because they built elaborate and sophisticated monuments such as this chambered cairn in which they buried their dead.

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Port Charlotte
Port Charlotte submitted by nicoladidsbury : Port Charlotte Chambered Cairn Info board (Vote or comment on this photo)

Port Charlotte
Port Charlotte submitted by nicoladidsbury : Port Charlotte Chambered Cairn showing the chamber (Vote or comment on this photo)

Port Charlotte
Port Charlotte submitted by leslcm8 : Port Charlotte (Port Mor) chambered cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NR2457 : Chambered cairn, Port Charlotte by Euan Nelson
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NR2457 : Campsite at Port Charlotte Football Club by Andrew Curtis
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Re: Port Charlotte by nicoladidsbury on Sunday, 22 August 2004
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a ruined chambered cairn.
The info board reads;
Neolithic Chambered Cairn
The first people living on this site were Mesolithic hunter-gatherers who arrived soon after the ice age, 10,000 years ago. They lived by hunting deer, otters and wildfowl, by fishing and by gathering an assortment of shellfish and plant foods. Many of their temporary campsites and discarded stone tools have been discovered on Islay.

About five thousand years ago Neolithic people arrived. They herded animals and may have cultivated crops, but their settlements have not yet been discovered on Islay. We know they lived here though because they built elaborate and shophisticated monuments such as this chambered cairn in which they buried their dead.

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Re: Port Charlotte by nicoladidsbury on Sunday, 22 August 2004
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Condition: ruin
Ambience: near a play park
Access: good
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