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Camster, Long - Excavation on the NW side of the long cairn 18 negatives of the extra NW revetment and collapsed wall from horn D to 20m N: 4-5: Cutting IV: View of horn D, collapsed walling and extra ...

BP 1/46

Description Camster, Long - Excavation on the NW side of the long cairn 18 negatives of the extra NW revetment and collapsed wall from horn D to 20m N: 4-5: Cutting IV: View of horn D, collapsed walling and extra revetment, before excavation, taken from the S. 6-8: Cutting IV: View of horn D, collapsed walling and extra revetment, before excavation, taken from the N. 9-11: 10 - 12m N: Collapsed walling and extra revetment, before excavation. 12-14: 06 - 12m N: Collapsed walling and extra revetment, before excavation. 15-16: 13 - 16m N: Collapsed walling and extra revetment, before excavation. 17-18: 14 - 20m N: Extra revetment, collapsed walling, the revetment wall and the pitched cairn. View of the revetment wall as found after the removal of extra revetment / collapsed walling by Corcoran's excavation. Pitched construction of the long cairn after the removal of the initial layer of cairn material. 19: 14 - 16m N: Collapsed walling and revetment wall. 20-21: 15 - 20m N: Pitched construction in the long cairn, after the removal of initial cairn material.

Date 1976

Collection Records of Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number BP 1/46

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

External Reference CL76/BW3

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/647496

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Collection Level (551 112) Records of Historic Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

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