Vementry

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Vementry cairn
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Megalithic systems on the northern islands - right heel-shaped cairn

The heel-shaped cairn (heel-shaped cairn ) of Vementry located on the north side of Mainland on the uninhabited Shetland Vementry in Scotland . It is listed as a Scheduled Monument .

Heel-shaped Cairns usually have cruciform chambers and are a form of megalithic complex that is widespread in Scotland , primarily in Caithness and Sutherland ( Cairns of Camster ) and on the Shetland Islands .

The well-preserved Neolithic cairn is about 10 m in diameter and over 1.5 m high. The cruciform chamber, which is reached via a short corridor, has a large niche in the head area and two smaller ones on the sides.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .

literature

  • Thomas H. Bryce: The So-called Heel-shaped Cairns of Shetland, with Remarks on the Chambered Tombs of Orkney and Shetland. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol., 1939, ISSN  0081-1564 , pp. 23-36 .
  • 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 .
  • Audrey S. Henshall, James NG Ritchie: The Chambered Cairns of Sutherland. An Inventory of the Structures and their Contents. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 1995, ISBN 0-7486-0609-2 .

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Coordinates: 60 ° 19 ′ 53.9 "  N , 1 ° 27 ′ 59.2"  W.