Braeside (Eday)

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Braeside

Braeside (also called Carrick Farm) is a short Stalled Cairn of the Orkney-Cromarty Type (OC) on the Orkney Island of Eday , Scotland , which was excavated as early as the 1850s.

The cairn , measuring around 32.0 × 17.5 m , is still 1.5 to 1.8 m high today. The remains of the chamber are located in a hollow in the middle. There are remains of three partition walls in the form of panels originally placed opposite one another. The axis of the chamber is aligned with the neighboring Stone of Setter . Braeside is on an archaeological route that begins at the western end of Loch Mill and runs through Huntersquoy to Vinquoy Hill.

The cairn material consists mainly of round stones . The chamber is represented by a number of obtained plates. About 5.0 meters behind the chamber, where the pile of stones has been removed almost to the ground, there are several large slabs that may have belonged to a second chamber, but could also result from the destruction of the upper part of the existing chamber.

literature

  • Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: The ancient monuments of Orkney (= Historic Scotland. ). HMSO, Edinburgh 1995, ISBN 0-11-495734-7 .
  • RCAHMS The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Eday and Stronsay, Orkney Islands Area, The archaeological sites and monuments of Scotland series no 23. Edinburgh 1984 p. 11
  • Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
  • Hamish Haswell-Smith: The Scottish Islands. A comprehensive Guide to every Scottish Island. Fully revised 2nd edition. Canongate, Edinburgh et al. 2004, ISBN 1-84195-454-3 , p. 388.

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Coordinates: 59 ° 13 '18.7 "  N , 2 ° 46' 2.5"  W.