<< Our Photo Pages >> Cairn Hanach - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Caithness
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairn Hanach Alternative Name: Kenny's CairnCountry: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Chambered Cairn
Map Ref: ND31004085
Latitude: 58.350688N Longitude: 3.180581W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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SandyG visited on 9th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 A locally prominent cairn which is well worth having a look at when visiting the nearby and much better known Cairn O' Get.
Cairn Hanach or Kenny's Cairn is an Orkney-Cromarty type chambered round cairn situated on a prominent ridge. The mound measures 17m in diameter, stands up to 2.5m high and the burial chamber, ante-chamber and entrance passage are all still visible. The site was excavated by Anderson and Shearer in 1866. Finds from the excavation included several hundred sherds of pottery, some of which were Iron Age, flints, a bone 'chisel' and a probable Iron Age pebble rubber. A modern cairn that has been erected on top of the earlier mound. [Canmore 9036].
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