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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: VementryCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.989 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shetland Type: Chambered Cairn
Map Ref: HU296609
Latitude: 60.331090N Longitude: 1.465785W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Chambered Cairn in Shetland
Vementry is an uninhabited island in Shetland, on the north side of the West Mainland, lying south of Muckle Roe. The island is known for its well-preserved chambered cairn, and two First World War gun emplacements. The chambered cairn is a well-preserved Neolithic heel-shaped cairn about 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter and rising to over 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) in height.
The heel-shaped cairn, with its usually cruciform chamber, is a type of megalithic monument that is found in Scotland, especially in Caithness and Sutherland and on the Shetland Islands. On Orkney, the Isbister Cairn is the only site that is similar in shape. The cruciform chambers, accessed via a short passage, have a large recess at the head and two smaller recesses to the side.
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