Stalled Cairn at the Point of Cott
The Stalled Cairn at Point of Cott southeast of Pierowall on the Orkney Island of Westray in Scotland is an elongated horned Stalled Cairn of the Orkney Cromarty (OC) type.
It lies above the steep seashore with the axis to the edge of the low cliffs. The cairn is eroded on the east side and on the north end where the chamber area is located. The hill, reduced by about one third, is about 30.0 m long. The northern end is about 15.0 m and the southern about 8.5 m wide. The grassy cairn consists of flat plates of the bank outcrop and has a maximum height of about 1.5 m at the southern end.
literature
- Charles Tait: The Orkney Guide Book. Edition 2.1. C. Tait, Kelton - St. Ola - Orkney 1999, ISBN 0-9517859-0-7 .
- John Barber: The Excavation of a Stalled Cairn at the Point of Cott, Westray, Orkney (= Star Monograph Series. 1). Scottish Trust for Archaeological Research, Edinburgh 1997, ISBN 0-9519344-3-0 .
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Coordinates: 59 ° 18 ′ 36.4 " N , 2 ° 56 ′ 26.4" W.