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Submitted by PeteCrane5 on Sunday, 22 December 2002 Page Views: 4008

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Woodhead Round Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Inverness Nearest Village: Fortrose
Map Ref: NH650610 Landranger Map Number: 21
Latitude: 57.618701N Longitude: 4.261779W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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.

3 Accuracy:

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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**Woodhead Round Chambered Cairn** submitted by PeteCrane5 : Sadly this chambered cairn is now fenced out at the corner of a Christmas tree field, very difficult to get to and the cairn is covered with broom ..... it's like we don't care. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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