View of chambered cairn passage from NW.
B 1092 CN
Description View of chambered cairn passage from NW.
Date 1988
Collection Lesley M Ferguson
Catalogue Number B 1092 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 336026
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 entrance passage. It led into a small rectangular chamber which was also lined with slabs of stone. The chamber is only about a metre across and would have originally been higher and had a stone slab for a roof. The site was excavated in 1959 but there were no finds in the chamber. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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