View of chambered cairn
SC 438305
Description View of chambered cairn
Catalogue Number SC 438305
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 94162 CS
Scope and Content Chambered cairns, Coille na Borgie North and South, Farr, Sutherland The North Cairn and the South Cairn lie end to end on a terrace on the east side of Strathnaver. There has been settlement, in prehistoric times and in more recent times, in the immediate vicinity of the cairns. View looking W over Strathnaver, showing the two Cairns on the edge of the terrace. The North Cairn is in two parts, with a total length of about 60m, while the South Cairn is 75m long overall. Chambered cairns belong to the Neolithic, the period of the first farming peoples of Scotland, and were the burial places for local communities. The earliest tombs were built around 4000 BC, but the building tradition lasted until at least 2500 BC. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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