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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cnoc Chaornaidh North WestCountry: Scotland
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County: Highlands Type: Chambered Cairn
Map Ref: NC299084
Latitude: 58.032047N Longitude: 4.882429W
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 |
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-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 |
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This chambered cairn (Orkney-Cromarty group, polygonal chamber, round cairn) is situated in open moorland, standing almost on the crest of a saddle between Cnoc Chaornaid and a spur, at about 600 ft O D. The cairn has been almost entirely removed but it is possible to trace the edge, giving a diameter E-W of about 45 ft and N-S of about 55 ft.
There have been a number of considerable and apparently widely spaced stones on the periphery of these one 5 1/2 ft long lies prone to the NE of the entrance while three remain in the arc behind the chamber, 20 ft apart; that to the NE is 5 ft 3 ins high and 5 ft 5 ins wide, the NW 1 ft 3 ins high, and the SE now flush with the ground. The main stones of the chamber remain. The entrance has been from the SE. Large slabs lying beside the chamber are probably remains of the dry-walling from between the orthostats.
Source: Scotland's Places
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