View from SE.
B 1091 CN
Description View from SE.
Date 1988
Collection Lesley M Ferguson
Catalogue Number B 1091 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 336024
Scope and Content Chambered cairn at Islesburgh, West Mainland, Shetland This chambered cairn is at Islesburgh, set on the SE slope of the sheltered voe. It is a very fine example of a heel-shaped cairn. A short distance to the W are the remains of a prehistoric house and an enclosure which may be contemporary. This is a view of the cairn's concave facade. The tips of the facade are missing, but the outline of can be traced from the cairn itself. A narrow passage led from the middle of the facade into a small rectangular chamber. The site was excavated in 1959, but there were no finds in the chamber. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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