View of chambered cairn passage from NW.
SC 336026
Description View of chambered cairn passage from NW.
Catalogue Number SC 336026
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 1092 CN
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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