Burgar
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Burgar
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 2213
Site Number HY32NW 15
NGR HY 3482 2782
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Evie And Rendall
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY32NW 15 3482 2782.
(HY 3480 2782) Brough (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
An Orkney-Cromarty type round chambered cairn, with a diameter of 54ft, composed of small slabs laid horizontally.
The centre has been greatly robbed but five upright slabs, the remains of the chamber, can still be seen.
Two large slabs lying to the SE side do not appear to be in situ.
A S Henshall 1963.
A chambered cairn as described by Henshall.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 4 June 1967.
Aerial Photography (1971)
Oblique aerial photographs of Burgar chambered cairn, Orkney Islands, taken by Mr John Dewar in 1971.
Orkney Smr Note
* The ruined cairn stands on the lower edge of the meadow
almost immediately above the shore. It is circular with a
diameter of 54ft and is made up of small slabs laid horizontally.
The centre has been greatly robbed and five upright slabs are
visible, their arrangement indicating a small chamber with its
main axis NE-SW. The stones form two pairs, the inner pair being
considerably taller, and the fifth stone has the appearance of a
back slab. The entrance was probably from the NE. Two large
slabs lying to the SE side do not appear in situ.
* Burgar (O-C round).
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
