Stalled Cairn on Faray
The Stalled Cairn on Faray is an Orkney-Cromarty-Type (OC) megalithic complex with a short horned cairn , typical of heel-shaped cairns . In view of the interferences of the pile of stones, however, a certain degree of caution is advised in the interpretation.
It is located in the north of the Orkney island of Faray in Scotland on the coast and has been greatly reduced and disturbed. The Rundcairn had a diameter of about 14 m and possibly four horns of which three are still recognizable. The north-eastern horn is best preserved. It appears to have been about 6 feet wide and nearly 6 feet long, and curved slightly to the east. The horns in the southeast and southwest are only stumps but completely identical.
The unexcavated cairn contains the approximately 4.5 m long chamber of a stalled cairn , of which some upright panels can be seen. The remains of the corridor have not been preserved. At its inner end was a Køkkenmødding with animal bones, a lot of burnt material and ceramic fragments, some decorated, which are now lost.
literature
- RCAHMS: Exploring Scotland's Heritage, Orkney and Shetland. (Anna Ritchie, Ed.), Edinburgh 1985, ISBN 0-11-492458-9
Web links
- Entry on Stalled Cairn on Faray in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 59 ° 13 ′ 32.6 " N , 2 ° 49 ′ 46.8" W.