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<< Our Photo Pages >> South Yarrows Long Cairn - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Caithness

Submitted by howe on Friday, 12 June 2009  Page Views: 4801

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: South Yarrows Long Cairn
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Wick  Nearest Village: Ulbster
Map Ref: ND3048343193
Latitude: 58.371645N  Longitude: 3.190119W
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.
4 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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markj99 visited on 4th Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 While I was travelling back home from John O' Groats, I decided to revisit South Yarrows Archaeological Trail with a fresh eye, having 10 years of antiquarian meanderings under my belt. I found that I understood more details of the sites on my revisit. South Yarrows Archaeological Trail is thoroughly recommended!

SandyG visited on 10th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3

SolarMegalith visited on 20th Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4

markj99 visited on 6th Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 I set off on the South Yarrows Archaeological Trail without any great expectations. I found the walk and variety of the sites a very pleasant surprise.

Richard13 visited on 1st Aug 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.8 Access: 3.2

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by howe : South Yarrows S south cairn. View of the entrance to the east chamber. Some of the walling is a more modern addition. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Cairn in Caithness

South Yarrows South. There are two horned long cairns in the area (part of the Yarrows Archaeological Trail). This is called the South Cairn. Much of the cairn still survives and there is a three-stalled chamber at the east terminal approached by a passage. A similar, smaller chamber entered via a passage from the south in the middle of the cairn has been destroyed.
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South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by markj99 : Entrance of S Central Cist of South Yarrows S Long Cairn viewed from S. (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SolarMegalith : The entrance passage leading to the burial chamber - view from the east (photo taken on July 2011). (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by markj99 : South Yarrows S Long Cairn viewed from E Chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by markj99 : Possible Chamber on W End of South Yarrows S Long Cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SandyG : Looking along the long cairn. View from the west. (10th August 2014) (Vote or comment on this photo)

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SandyG : The remains of a possible second chamber in the southern side of the cairn. View from north. (10th August 2014).

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SandyG : View of chamber from above and south west. The horns are visible beyond the chamber. (10th August 2014).

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SandyG : The eastern horns and entrance. View from above and east. (10th August 2014).

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of the cairn from "Report on inventory of Scottish Monuments...Caithness" via archive.org Its not clear which of the two cairns is which.

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by durhamnature : Drawiing from "Report on inventory of Scottish Monuments...Caithness" via archive.org

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by durhamnature : 1912 plan of the cairn, from Scottish Historical Review, via archive.org

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SolarMegalith : View alongside the southern side of the horned long cairn - in the foreground you can see it's southern horn (photo taken on July 2011).

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SolarMegalith : Front part of the 52 m long horned long cairn, horns of which are 24 m wide - view from the east (photo taken on July 2011).

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SolarMegalith : View alongside the northern side of the horned long cairn (photo taken on July 2011).

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SolarMegalith : View alongside the southern side of the long cairn (photo taken on July 2011)

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by SolarMegalith : Possibly it's trace of one of the burial chambers which were discovered by sir Francis Tress Barry (photo taken on July 2011).

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by howe : South Yarrows S south cairn. View of the interior of the chamber from the rear.

South Yarrows Long Cairn
South Yarrows Long Cairn submitted by howe : South Yarrows S south cairn. View of the horned long cairn from distance.

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Re: South Yarrows Long Cairn by Andy B on Tuesday, 13 March 2018
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South Yarrows Archaeology Trail leaflet (PDF)

http://www.highland.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1068/walk_the_yarrows_archaeology_trail.pdf
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