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<< Text Pages >> Sithean Dubh - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Caithness

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sithean Dubh
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Reay
Map Ref: ND04975834
Latitude: 58.502832N  Longitude: 3.632384W
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
2 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 Caithness

Heavily damaged remains of an Orkney-Cromarty type chambered cairn. The mutilated mound is 1,7 m high and has 30 m of diameter.

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 409m NNW 346° Monadh Nan Carn* Chambered Cairn (ND04885874)
 1.1km W 262° Carn Liath, Shurrery* Cairn (ND03895822)
 1.5km SSW 211° Tulach Gorm (Forse Water) Broch or Nuraghe (ND04185710)
 1.6km NNW 344° Aultan Broubster* Stone Circle (ND04555991)
 1.7km SW 214° Shurrery Stone Circle (ND040570)
 1.8km N 352° Broubster (Caithness)* Stone Circle (ND04776014)
 2.8km SSE 158° Beinn Freiceadain Hillfort (ND05945574)
 3.1km N 349° Torr A' Chaise Cairn (ND04446139)
 3.3km SE 143° Dorrery* Stone Circle (ND06895565)
 3.8km ENE 69° Tulloch of Achavarn* Broch or Nuraghe (ND08545962)
 4.0km NNE 26° Tulloch of Assery (A and B)* Chambered Cairn (ND06826188)
 4.1km NNE 29° Tulach An T-sionnaich Chambered Cairn (ND07046192)
 5.4km NE 46° Framside* Broch or Nuraghe (ND08906199)
 6.3km ENE 68° Upper Sour Broch or Nuraghe (ND10856056)
 6.3km ENE 57° North Calder* Broch or Nuraghe (ND10356160)
 6.6km ESE 123° Achingoul Broch or Nuraghe (ND10475463)
 7.0km ENE 78° Housle Cairn Broch or Nuraghe (ND11905960)
 7.2km N 351° Tulloch of Stemster* Broch or Nuraghe (ND03996548)
 7.4km E 83° Tulloch of Milton* Chambered Cairn (ND12355911)
 7.5km NW 308° Achvarasdal Burn* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NC99156316)
 7.9km NNW 331° Na Tri Sithean* Chambered Cairn (ND01246532)
 7.9km NNW 331° Cnoc Freiceadain* Chambered Cairn (ND0132065415)
 8.3km NNW 333° Cnoc Freiceadain N* Cairn (ND01386585)
 8.4km NW 317° Achunabust* Broch or Nuraghe (NC99436463)
 8.4km NE 38° Geise Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (ND10366480)
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