Archive from excavations at Camster Long Cairn
551 112/3/75
Description Archive from excavations at Camster Long Cairn
Collection Records of Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number 551 112/3/75
Category All Other
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| Preview | Category | Catalogue Number | Title | Date | Level |
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| Manuscripts | MS 1066/05 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Excavation Book 1977: West Side, including notes on features, photographs and plans. | 1977 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/06 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Index of small finds, soil and charcoal samples from the 1976-77 excavations. | 1976 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/20 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn The Flaked Stone Assemblage from the Camster Long Cairn by C R Wickham-Jones. Finished report and catalogue, plus earlier draft. | 11/1992 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/21 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Report on the Pottery from Camster Long Cairn by A S Henshall. Finished report plus earlier drafts. | 1983 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/07 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Wall analysis: East Side 1977-79. Notebook containing descriptions and photographs. | 1977 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/08 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn The Original Ground Surface: 1978-79. Site notebook including photographs and sketches. | 1978 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/09 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Index of small finds, charcoal and soil samples from the 1978-79 excavations. | 1978 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/10 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Pre-cairn land surface: site notebook 1980, including sketches and photographs. | 1980 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/11 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Index of small finds, soil and charcoal samples from the 1980 excavations. | 1980 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/12 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Pottery finds record notebook. | 1980 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/02 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Excavation Day-Book Volume 6, 1973. | 1973 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/22 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Black and white and colour film photographic log books. Contact prints and typed photographic log for 1976 black and white films. | 1976 | Item Level | |
| Manuscripts | MS 1066/23 | Camster, Long: Chambered Cairn Miscellaneous material including sketches, addresses, receipts, photocopies and a poem. | 1971 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/10 C | Camster Long - Excavation archive 5 photocopies of some of the illustrations used in the PSAS report (1997), plus an illustration detailing the location of soil test pits and soil types around Camster Long. | 1971 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/01 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Plans of chambers A and B: Drawing 1 - Chamber A ground plan. Drawing 2 - Plan of Cutting VIa - 42 -44m N 25 -29m E. Drawing 3 - Plan of Cutting VI - notes the position of the round cairn revetment of chamber B. Drawing 4 - Plan of chamber B and passageway. Drawing 5 - Plan of the area around the entrance to chamber A. Drawing 6 - Plan of the area around the entrance to chamber A. | 1971 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/03 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Longitudinal profile of the cairn. Sections through the revetment and NE forecourt blocking. Drawing 1 - Longitudinal profile of Camster Long. Drawing 2 - Longitudinal section through the NE forecourt blocking, between 60 - 72m N. Drawing 3 - Section through the revetment and blocking at the entrance to chamber B. | 1971 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/05 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Plans of extra revetment around the cairn, of the SE cist and the pit at 27 N 12 E: Drawing 1-4 - 1976 plan of the NW revetment to the W of horn D (plus 3 overlays). Drawing 5 - 1976 plan of NW extra revetment between 10 - 16m N. Drawing 6 - 1976 sketch plan of the SE collapsed revetment between 9 - 13m N. Drawing 7 - 1977 plan of the SE extra revetment between 21 - 34m N (at stage 2). Drawing 8 - 1977 plan of the NW extra revetment between 20 - 34m N. Drawing 9 - 1978 plan of the NW extra revetment with cairn collapse between 20 - 22m N. Drawing 10-11 - 1979 plans of the NW collapsed wall and kerb between 28 - 36m N. Drawing 12 - 1979 plan of SE wall tumble between 21 - 28m N. Drawing 13 - 1979 plan of SE side between 26 - 30m N, detailing the capstone of the cist. Drawing 14 - 1980 plan of the basal course of the NW wall between 19 - 26m N. Drawing 15 - Plan of collapsed SE revetment between 24 - 26m N. Used as Illustration 11 in PSAS report. Drawing 16 - Plan of the pit on the NW side of the cairn at 27 N 12 E. Drawing 17 - Unlabelled plan, possibly of one of the chamber passages. Drawing 18 - 1978 plan of the outer and inner revetment at the S end of the cairn. Drawing 19 - Plan of the outlying stone block on the NW side of the cairn. Drawing 20 - Plan of the cairn before excavation between 20N and 30N. Includes the SE cist and the revetments. | 1976 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/02 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Plans of the NE forecourt blocking and the collapsed revetment: Drawing 1 - Plan of the SE collapsed revetment and the NE forecourt blocking. Drawing 2 - Plan of the NE forecourt blocking. Drawing 3 - Plan of the NE forecourt blocking. Drawing 4 - Plan of the NE forecourt blocking and the NW collapsed revetment. Drawing 5 - Plan of the collapsed SE revetment in Cutting VIII (between 15 - 20m N). Drawing 6 - Plan of the collapsed NW revetment in Cutting IX (between 15 - 20m N). Drawing 7 - Plan of the NE forecourt blocking and chamber A. | 1971 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/06 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Plans of SW forecourt. Reconstruction plans of the SW forecourt facade. Plan of chamber B. Plan of the outlying stone block: Drawing 1 - Plan of the SW forecourt blocking at stage 1. Drawing 2 - Plan of the SW forecourt blocking at stage 2. Drawing 3 - Detailed plan of ? wall above forecourt platform. Drawing 4 - Large plan of the SW forecourt blocking and the revetment at the S end of the cairn. Drawing 5 - Reconstruction plan of the SW facade - scheme A. Drawing 6 - Reconstruction plan of the SW facade - scheme B. Drawing 7 - Reconstruction plan and elevation of the S end of the cairn. Drawing 8 - Plan of chamber B, passage and the SE extra revetment between 39 - 54m N. Drawing 9 - Plan of the SW forecourt and blocking. | 1976 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/08 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Plans of the pre cairn surface: Drawing 1 - Survey plan of horns and basal stones at the S end of the cairn, detailing spots heights of the pre cairn surface. Drawing 2 - 1976 plan of area to W of horn D. Drawing 3 - 1979 plan of the pre cairn surface between 10 - 18m N 15 - 23m E. Drawing 4 - 1979 plan of the pre cairn surface between 18 - 24m N 17 - 23m E. Drawing 5 - 1979 overlay plan of features on pre cairn surface between 18 - 23m N 16 - 23m E. Drawing 6 - 1979 plan of pre cairn surface between 19 - 28m N 11 - 16m E. Drawing 7 - Plan of pre cairn surface between 11 - 18m N 16 - 23m E. Drawing 8 - Plan of pre cairn surface after cleaning between 18 - 23m N 18 - 23m E. Postholes drawn excavated. Drawing 9 - 1980 plan of pre cairn surface with stone spread and layers between 23 - 27m N 17 - 24m E. Drawing 10 - 1980 detailed plan of the burnt patch and spread of stones centred on 28m N 21m E. Drawing 11-12 - 1980 plan and overlay of the pre cairn surface between 23 - 29m N 16 - 24m E. Drawing 13 - 1980 plan of pre cairn surface between 25 - 34m N 16 - 24m E. Drawing 14-15 - 1980 plan and overlay of the pre cairn surface between 29 - 34m 16 - 24m E. Drawing 16 - 1980 plan of features on the pre cairn surface (postholes, stakeholes etc). | 1966 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/09 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Section and profiles drawn between 1976 - 1980: Drawing 1 - Profile of the cairn at 1:100. Drawing 2-3 - Section through the SW forecourt blocking. Drawing 4 - Sections through features 11, 12, 14 and 15 excavated in 1978. Drawing 5 - Section through the NW revetment and wall at 30m N. Drawn 1979. Drawing 6 - Elevation of NW wall between 26 - 30m N. Drawing 7 - Section through the cairn at 25m N (S face). Drawing 8 - Section through the cairn at 27m N (S face). Section through posthole 5. Drawing 9 - Section through the cairn at 29.5m N (N face). Drawing 10 - Section through the cairn at 28m N (N face). Drawing 11 - Sections of postholes 2-4 plus possible posthole a. Sections through burnt patches at 18m N 22m E and 21m N 20m E. | 1976 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/04 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Consolidation plan and survey plans: Drawing 1 - Plan of the revetment walling to be restored by Corcoran (July 1972). Drawing 2 and 3 - Survey plan of horns and basal stones at the S end of the cairn. Drawing 4 - Survey plan of the horns, basal stones and features within the old ground surface, at the S end of the cairn. Drawing 5 - Histogram of reconstructed SE wall 21 - 27m N (1979). Drawing 6 - Survey plan of horns and basal stones at the S end of the cairn. | 1966 | Item Level | |
| Prints and Drawings | BD 2/07 | Camster, Long - Excavation archive Plan of putative chamber X. Plans of the interior of the cairn: Drawing 1 - 1976 plan of putative chamber X at 9 - 12m N 18 - 23m E. Drawing 2 - 1976 plan of vertical stones in upper layer of the cairn between 13 - 17m N 19 - 22m E. Drawing 3 - 1977 plan of the cairn material against the dry-stone revetment behind the SW facade. Drawing 4 - 1977 plan of the basal layer of the cairn between 10 - 18m N. Drawing 5 - 1979 plan of the basal layer of the cairn between 18 - 26m N. Drawing 6 - 1980 detail plan of the basal layer of the cairn at 25 - 27m N 16 - 18m E. Drawing 7 - 1980 plan of the basal layer of the cairn between 25 - 34m N. | 1976 | Item Level | |
| Photographs and Off-line Digital Images | BP 1/58 | Camster, Long - Excavation of the SW forecourt, 'chamber X', horns C and D, and the NW wall 18 plates of the SW forecourt, horns C and D, and the NW revetment between 8 - 20m N: Plates 1-2: SW forecourt with the blocking in place (stage 2). Plate 3: 2 negatives of the SW forecourt with the blocking in place (stage 2). Plate 4: 3 negatives of the putative N wall of the passage to 'chamber X'. Plate 5: 2 negatives of horn C and the extra revetment on the SE wall. Plate 6: 2 detailed negatives of horn C and the extra revetment on the SE wall. Plate 7: 2 negatives of horn D and the extra revetment on the NW wall. Plate 8-9: 4 negatives of the extra revetment to the W of horn D. Plate 10: 2 detailed negatives of the slipped NW wall between 10 - 11m N. Plate 11-12: 4 negatives of the NW extra revetment between 7 - 12m N. Plate 13-14: NW extra revetment between 8 - 12m N. Plate 15-16: 5 negatives of the collapsed NW revetment wall and thw cairn between 15 - 20m N. Plate 17: 2 negatives of Camster Round. | 1976 | Batch Level |
