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<< Text Pages >> Ach A' Chorrain Chambered Cairn - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Sutherland

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ach A' Chorrain Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Durness
Map Ref: NC37156233
Latitude: 58.518563N  Longitude: 4.797732W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
5
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Chambered Cairn in Sutherland

"A prominent round cairn, 15.5m in diameter and 2.1m in maximum height, which has been robbed to build an adjacent sheepfold... A disturbed passage of which two pairs of uprights and one capstone are exposed. " - Canmore site no. 4824.
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Ach A' Chorrain Chambered Cairn submitted by markj99 : Central Cavity in Ach A' Chorrain Chambered Cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ach A' Chorrain Chambered Cairn submitted by markj99 : Ach A' Chorrain Chambered Cairn viewed from S. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Ach A' Chorrain Chambered Cairn submitted by markj99 : Sheepfold on NE Arc of Ach A' Chorrain Chambered Cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 809m N 10° Kyle of Durness Cairn* Round Cairn (NC37336312)
 881m WSW 246° River Dionard Broch or Nuraghe (NC36336200)
 976m SSW 208° Ach A' Chorrain Cairn* Cairn (NC36656149)
 2.2km NNE 18° Sarsgrum* Cairn (NC37926435)
 3.6km ESE 109° Kyle of Durness Wheelhouse* Broch or Nuraghe (NC4048761009)
 5.4km NNE 20° Balnakeil Stone Circle* Stone Circle (NC392673)
 5.7km E 98° Laid Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (NC42816126)
 6.7km NE 42° Smoo Cave* Cave or Rock Shelter (NC4188367123)
 7.9km ESE 107° Dun Neachdie Broch or Nuraghe (NC446597)
 8.5km E 101° Heilam Hut Circle (4) Cairn (NC45426042)
 8.6km ESE 118° Camus An Duin Broch or Nuraghe (NC44595797)
 8.9km E 99° Heilam Hut Circle (3) Cairn (NC45876052)
 8.9km E 100° Heilam Hut Circle (2) Cairn (NC45896036)
 9.0km E 101° Heilam Hut Circle (1) Cairn (NC45916026)
 9.0km E 99° Heilam Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (NC46026056)
 10.1km E 95° Weirs Hut Circle (2) Cairn (NC47236104)
 10.2km E 96° Weirs Hut Circle (1) Cairn (NC47276079)
 10.2km ESE 106° Arnaboll Hut Circle (2) Cairn (NC46895903)
 10.3km ESE 107° Arnaboll Hut Circle (1) Cairn (NC46915893)
 10.6km ESE 111° Arnaboll Cairn Cairn (NC46875806)
 11.1km ESE 112° Lochside Cairn Cairn (NC47265772)
 11.8km ESE 120° Creagan na Speireig Cairn (NC47205603)
 19.3km SSE 151° Dun Dornaigil* Broch or Nuraghe (NC457450)
 19.3km E 82° West Strathan Carving (Melness) Rock Art (NC5642864084)
 19.3km E 83° West Strathan* Broch or Nuraghe (NC56456401)
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