Collection Item
SC 438319
Catalogue Number SC 438319
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 99852 CS
Scope and Content Chambered cairn, The Ord North, Lairg, Sutherland The cairn is on a spur just below the summit of The Ord; the hill is covered with remains of prehistoric settlement and more recent rig-and-furrow cultivation. The cairn was excavated in 1967. The impressive cairn of bare stones rises steeply to a height of 4m and is surrounded by a low turf-covered platform. 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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