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<< Other Photo Pages >> Cnoc Chaornaidh North West - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 06 May 2008  Page Views: 4203

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cnoc Chaornaidh North West
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.9 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Highlands Type: Chambered Cairn

Map Ref: NC299084
Latitude: 58.032047N  Longitude: 4.882429W
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.
4 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.
3 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
4

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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.

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Cnoc Chaornaidh North West
Cnoc Chaornaidh North West submitted by markj99 : Interior of Cnoc Chaornaidh NW Cairn Chamber viewed from SW. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cnoc Chaornaidh North West
Cnoc Chaornaidh North West submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Chaornaidh NW Cairn Chamber End Stone viewed from SE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cnoc Chaornaidh North West
Cnoc Chaornaidh North West submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Chaornaidh NW Cairn Chamber viewed from SE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cnoc Chaornaidh North West
Cnoc Chaornaidh North West submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Chaornaidh NW Cairn Chamber viewed from NW. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cnoc Chaornaidh North West
Cnoc Chaornaidh North West submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Chaornaidh NW Cairn viewed from Kerb Stone in N Arc. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cnoc Chaornaidh North West
Cnoc Chaornaidh North West submitted by markj99 : Cnoc Chaornaidh NW Cairn viewed from W.

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