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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Na Tri Sithean
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Thurso  Nearest Village: Shebster
Map Ref: ND01246532
Latitude: 58.564663N  Longitude: 3.699387W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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
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Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by h_fenton : Na Tri Sithean - chambered long horned cairn dating from the Neolithic, this particular cairn is one of the largest and the best preserved of its type. It measures 32m long, 9.7 metres wide and 1.2 metres high. The ends of the cairn grow into large mounds, the larger mound at the southeast end is 21.3metres wide and 3 metres high, the smaller mound at the northwestern end is 18 metres wide and 2.1... (Vote or comment on this photo)
This is the second chambered long cairn at the Cnoc Freiceadain site. The Caithness Field Club booklet labels it as "Na Tri Shean" which may be a typo.

It runs NE-SW whilst the neighbouring Cnoc Freiceadain goes NW-SE.

It is some 70 metres in length, mainly grass covered but with stones evident at each end
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Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by SandyG : The cairn is peeking out from behind a traditional Caithness slate slab wall. View from the north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by cosmic : Looking SE along CAirn (Vote or comment on this photo)

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by SandyG : Stones exposed in the upper part of the mound at the eastern end. View from east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Na Tri Sithean submitted by SandyG : View from above and west. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by SandyG : Looking west along the cairn mound. As well as the obvious distant promontories the Dounreay nuclear reactor can be seen.

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by SandyG : View from west.

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by SandyG : The eastern end of the cairn. View from the west.

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by SandyG : Looking east along the cairn.

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by durhamnature : Photo of the cairn, captioned with the "Shean" spelling, from "Report on inventory of Scottish Monuments...Caithness" via archive.org

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by cosmic : South side of NTS

Na Tri Sithean
Na Tri Sithean submitted by cosmic : Looking NW up the cairn (1 comment)

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Re: Na Tri Sithean by h_fenton on Thursday, 18 August 2011
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Na Tri Sithean - chambered long horned cairn dating from the Neolithic, this particular cairn is one of the largest and the best preserved of its type. It measures 71m long, 9.7metres wide and 1.2metres high. The ends of the cairn grow into large mounds, the larger mound at the southeast end is 21.3metres wide and 3metres high, the smaller mound at the northwestern end is 18metres wide and 2.1metres high.

This cairn is the second cairn that forms the site of Cnoc Freiceadain Long Cairns, the other cairn is a few metres away, it is slightly smaller and set at right angles to Na Tri Sithean.

This site is cared for by Historic Scotland, there are signposts to the site and limited parking on the roadside, from there it is an uphill walk.

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