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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Skelpick Chambered Cairn 1 Alternative Name: Skelpick Burn; Skelpick LongCountry: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Village: Tongue
Map Ref: NC72255672
Latitude: 58.479929N Longitude: 4.192525W
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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This chambered cairn is recorded as Canmore - site no. 6276, which tells us: "A ... long, horned cairn with a polygonal chamber, largely free of vegetation, it lies NW-SE and measures 195 feet along the spine, 67 feet across the chamber at the NW end and 37 feet across the SE end. It appears to be relatively undisturbed except at the SE and around the chamber which is now entered through the roof. The cairn is horned at both ends but the NW forecourt is so choked with stones that the entrance to the passage is inaccessible although it is still intact, being entered through the chamber. Both chamber and passage are set considerably askew to the main body of the cairn. The edges of the cairn are indistinct and neither walling nor peristalith is visible. The inner of the two compartments of the chamber was cleared by Horsburgh about 1867. It is composed of upright slabs and drystone walling."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this cairn - see their entry for Long Skelpick, Strath Naver, Sutherland, which gives a 10 digit grid reference of NC 72245 56745, details for finding the site, together with photographs, a ground plan from 1874, an image of the location of the site on the 1878 OS map and a detailed archaeology & history. TNA describe this as "an astonishing megalithic monument."
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