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<< Our Photo Pages >> Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Sutherland

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland County: Sutherland Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Kinbrace
Map Ref: NC870309
Latitude: 58.252237N  Longitude: 3.927072W
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
4
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Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn
Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn submitted by Big-Sandy : Another photo of NC87073094, from the other side looking into the kist. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairns in Sutherland

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Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn
Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn submitted by Big-Sandy : The kist in NC87073094, taken from downhill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn
Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn submitted by Big-Sandy : Two cairns, at Craeg Nan Caorach, labelled with grid references. Photo taken from above , further up the hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NC8730 : Cairn on Creag nan Caorach by David Bremner
by David Bremner
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NC8630 : Large herd of stags by Evelyn Simak
by Evelyn Simak
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NC8630 : Hut Circle by David Bremner
by David Bremner
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NC8730 : Burial cairn on the southern slopes of Creag nan Caorach, Sutherland by Claire Pegrum
by Claire Pegrum
©2021(licence)
NC8731 : Stone and Contraption by David Bremner
by David Bremner
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 223m WNW 295° Creag Nan Caorach Cairn Cairn (NC868310)
 508m W 280° Creag Nan Caorach Hut Circles* Ancient Village or Settlement (NC865310)
 947m NNW 340° Creag Nan Caorach Hut Circles* Ancient Village or Settlement (NC867318)
 1.6km S 183° Kinbrace Hill 2* Chambered Cairn (NC86882935)
 1.8km S 173° Kinbrace Hill 1* Cairn (NC87172915)
 2.7km SSE 166° Kinbrace Burn* Chambered Cairn (NC87572830)
 4.4km SW 214° Feranach* Broch or Nuraghe (NC84412730)
 4.4km WNW 285° Kinbrace Stone Rows* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NC8273332160)
 5.9km SSE 161° Suisgill Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (NC88752530)
 6.2km SSE 158° Suisgill Souterrian* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (NC89172511)
 6.6km SSE 152° Carn Nam Buth* Broch or Nuraghe (NC89892498)
 7.2km SSE 158° Learable Hill N* Stone Circle (NC895241)
 7.7km SSE 162° Learable Hill Row 1* Stone Row / Alignment (NC8920923546)
 7.7km SSE 161° Learable Hill* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NC8925123550)
 7.7km SSE 162° Learable Hill Row 2* Stone Row / Alignment (NC8920523530)
 7.7km SSE 162° Learable Hill S* Stone Circle (NC89162351)
 7.7km SW 229° Altanduin Broch or Nuraghe (NC80972605)
 7.7km SSE 161° Learable Hill Cross Incised Stone* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (NC8925723493)
 7.7km SSE 161° Learable Hill Row 3* Stone Row / Alignment (NC8928123496)
 7.8km SSE 161° Learable Hill Row 4* Stone Row / Alignment (NC8927423466)
 9.3km NNW 349° Coire Dorch Hut Circles Ancient Village or Settlement (NC854401)
 9.5km NNW 341° Ben Griam Beg Hut Circle Ancient Village or Settlement (NC842400)
 9.7km WNW 294° Badanloch* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NC78263516)
 9.9km NNW 348° Coire Dorch Hut Circle Ancient Village or Settlement (NC852406)
 10.8km NNW 337° Ben Griam beg Fort Hillfort (NC830410)
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Re: Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn by Big-Sandy on Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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Condition:2
Ambience:4
Access:3
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Re: Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn by Big-Sandy on Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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If you are walking to the hut circles you may as well continue on up...:) Not too steep, but definitely no disabled access.

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Re: Creag Nan Caorach Chambered Cairn by Big-Sandy on Wednesday, 10 March 2010
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Very tumble down, though can still see stones forming cist, and make out the shape of the cairns.
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