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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carn Liath (Kensaleyre)
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Skye Type: Chambered Cairn

Map Ref: NG420513
Latitude: 57.478294N Longitude: 6.305644W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

3 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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jeffrep visited on 25th Jun 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 3

SimonBlackmore visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Visited it in 1970 as a student when cycling round Skye with my American Friend Bill Eakins. Detailed description in my diary!

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5

**Carn Liath (Kensaleyre)** submitted by jeffrep : The Carn Liath Chambered Cairn is located in a field off the A87 just south of Kensaleyre opposite the turn off to Rhenetra on the Isle of Skye, Highland, Scotland. It is the largest of a cluster of cairns here, and is easy to see from a distance, because the stones from which it is constructed are covered with such white lichen that they appear to have been painted. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chambered Cairn in Isle of Skye

This Carn Liath is one of many features of that name throughout the Scottish highlands. It is a four metre high chambered cairn. There is no obvious entrance to it, but it is believed to contain at least one cist.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

NG4251 : Carn Liath - Kensaleyre by John Allan — by John Allan
©2006(licence)

NG4251 : View towards D�n Cruinn and Loch Eyre by David Dixon — by David Dixon
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NG4151 : River Haultin by John Allan — by John Allan
©2006(licence)

NG4251 : Old Road Bridge at Rhenetra by John Allan — by John Allan
©2006(licence)

NG4251 : Bridge over the River Haultin by Alpin Stewart — by Alpin Stewart
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