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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: ArdvreckCountry: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Chambered Cairn
Map Ref: NC24142371
Latitude: 58.167124N Longitude: 4.991314W
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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markj99 visited on 28th Jul 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Ardvreck Chambered Cairn lies c. 250 yards NE of Ardvreck Castle. Therein lies the problem. Thousands of people walk past an anonymous grass mound transfixed by its more attractive companion. I myself was guilty of this on my first visit. It was only on my second visit to Ardvreck that I targeted the cairn using its grid reference.
The cairn, now much ruined and turf-covered, measures 49 ft 6 ins E-W by 36 ft 6 ins transversely and 5 ft high. Only the inner- most compartment of the chamber, and the inner septal slab, can be seen in the centre of the cairn. The entrance passage, 4 ft long, was from the E. The rectangular chamber was 9 ft 2 ins long by 2 ft 11 ins wide at the E end, widening to 3 ft 4 ins at the W end, and was divided into three compartments. Excavated by Cree in 1925 (not published).
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