Cairns from Cnoc Freiceadain
The Long Cairns Cnoc Freiceadain are in the the Highlands belonging Scottish district Caithness near the hamlet Shebster and the north coast.
The two cairns , visible from afar, lie at right angles to each other on the crest of a hill. They are about 60 meters long. While the north hill only has protruding horns at one end (horned cairn) and thus has a total length of 73 meters, the south cairn (Na tri shean - the three fairies) is provided with it on both sides and is 78 meters long. None of the Cairns have been excavated and their chambers cannot be seen. Their outlines indicate that here originally, as with the Cairns of Camster , round Cairns were connected and built over by a two to three meter high long hill and thus enlarged in appearance.
literature
- Anna Ritchie: Scotland BC. An introduction to the prehistoric houses, tombs, ceremonial monuments and fortifications in the care of the Secretary of State for Scotland. HMSO, Edinburgh 1988, ISBN 0-11-493427-4 .
- James L. Davidson, Audrey S. Henshall: The Chambered Cairns of Caithness. An Inventory of the Structures and their Contents. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1991, ISBN 0-7486-0256-9 .
Web links
- and pictures
- Entry on Cairns by Cnoc Freiceadain in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 58 ° 33 '54.6 " N , 3 ° 41' 54.5" W.