<< Our Photo Pages >> Cadha Riach - Chambered Tomb in Scotland in Isle of Skye
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cadha Riach Alternative Name: GarafadCountry: Scotland County: Isle of Skye Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Portree Nearest Village: Staffin
Map Ref: NG49556757
Latitude: 57.628279N Longitude: 6.196841W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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. |
| 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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Remains of a chambered cairn at Garafad. The remains consist of 6 stones on a low grassy mound forming part of the chamber, and three likely kerbstones in the south and two in the west suggesting an original diameter of 15 feet.
The Cairn is approached by a footpath which now starts behind the car park at the new St Columba Leadership Centre in Staffin. The OS 1:50,000 map marks it wrongly on the right hand side of the footpath as you approach the sea; it is in fact on the left.
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