cairns
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Jackschairs Wood Cairn 225m ENE of Netherholm
Forteviot, Scotland
The monument is a well preserved prehistoric burial cairn which will cover at least one burial and may incorporate other burials within its mass. It occupies the summit of a hill and measures c.
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Craw Knowe Chambered Cairn
Sandsting, Scotland
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric chambered burial cairn on the summit of Craw Knowe.
The cairn is of the Shetland "heel-shaped" type, 8m in approximate diameter with a concave facade facing SE. -
Ward of Browland Chambered Cairn
Sandsting, Scotland
The monument consists of a prehistoric chambered burial cairn, situated on the summit of Ward of Browland.
The cairn lies below an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar. Perhaps because of this, the interior appears not to have been dug into. -
Hansie's Crooie Chambered Cairn
Walls and Sandness, Scotland
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric chambered burial cairn.
The cairn is of the Shetland "heel-shaped" variety, circular except for a concave facade on the SSE. - Cairn 300m SW of Blarbuie Ballantrae, Scotland
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Long Cairn 520m SE of Glen Cottage
Dornoch, Scotland
The monument consists of a long cairn in a forestry clearing on gently sloping ground. The long cairn is a mound of stone about 32m NNE-SSW by 15m transversely and about 0.5m to 0.7m high.
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Chambered Cairn 700m NNW of Davochfin
Dornoch, Scotland
This monument consists of the remains of a chambered cairn situated in a forestry plantation. The chambered cairn measures about 17m N-S by 14m E-W and survives to a maximum height of about 1.5m.
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Cairn 250m SW of Little Loch Borve
Harris, Scotland
The monument consists of the remains of a burial cairn of Neolithic date (c.4500-2000BC). The cairn lies on a slight incline where a rising portion of the bedrock protrudes through the machair.
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The Spinner Cairn
Walls and Sandness, Scotland
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric burial cairn. The cairn is set on the summit of The Spinner, a hill commanding a wide view over cultivated land to the N. It is circular on plan, about 8m in diameter.
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Stourbrough Hill Cairn 170m S of Summit
Walls and Sandness, Scotland
The monument consists of a large prehistoric cairn situated on the S flank of Stourbrough Hill.
The cairn is slightly disturbed, and built of large boulders. -
Carn An Fheidh Long Cairn
Dornoch, Scotland
This monument is a long cairn on the edge of a S-facing slope in a forestry plantation.
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Chambered Cairn 200m NE of Point of the Hurds
Sandsting, Scotland
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric burial cairn. The cairn, which has been partly robbed, stands on a shoulder of hill overlooking Brindister Voe.
