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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
BP 1/87 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Camster, Long - Excavation of the cairn and features within the old ground surface
35 negatives of the cairn's construction, plus stakeholes, postholes and burnt areas beneath the cairn:
4: B 52 bomber over Camster.
5-11: Section through the cairn at 29.5m N.
12-13: Grey-ash burnt area - feature at 20.1m N 21m E.
14-15: Possible posthole e at 26m N 24m E.
16-17: Posthole 8 at 32.4m N 19.6m E. Emptied but with the packing left in situ.
18-19: Burnt area at 27.8m N 21m E, including posthole 7.
20-21: Oval depression at 28.8m N 21.3m E. Before half sectioned. Also posthole 7 and nearby stakeholes.
22: Posthole 8 at 32.4m N 19.6m E. Some packing stone removed.
23-24: Burnt area and oval depression 28 - 29m N 21 - 22m E after further stone removal.
25-28: Possible posthole f at 25.3m N 19.5m E during excavation.
29-35: Posthole 6 at 25.4m N 19.9m E and possible posthole 25.6m N 19.75m E.
36-38: NW wall between 27 -30m N after the removal of the long cairn and before the addition of fallen wall stones.
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1980 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
BP 1/88 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Camster, Long - Excavation of NW wall and the old ground surface
20 negatives of the cairn wall between 27 - 30m N, plus the old ground surface at 27 - 29m N:
2-5: Section through the NW wall at 30m N.
6-9: Section through the NW wall at 27m N.
10: Old ground surface at 27 - 29m N after the removal of the basal courses on the NW side of the cairn. Note the stone holes.
11-12: S face of section through the cairn at 29.5m N.
13-15: NW cairn wall at 27m N.
16-18: NW cairn wall at 29m N. Some packing has been removed.
19-21: NW cairn wall between 27 -29m N before the addition of further wall stones.
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1980 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
BP 1/90 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Camster, Long - Restoration of the NW and SE walls, and the SW forecourt
36 negatives of the SE wall between 27 - 35m N, the NW wall between 20 - 27m N, and the restored SW forecourt:
2-11: Basal stones of the SE wall of the cairn.
12: Backing wall to the long cairn on the NW side, between 20 - 27m N.
13: Sheep fank at the S end of the cairn.
14-15: Restored SW forecourt and facade.
16-21: Base stones of kerb and initial courses of the SE cairn wall between 27 -32m N.
22-29: Base stones of kerb and initial courses of the SE cairn wall between 28 -32m N.
30-31: Restored SE wall and kerb base stones between 23 - 34m N.
32: Restored SE wall between 18 - 26m N.
33: Castle at Old Wick.
34: Cairn of Get.
35-37: Restored SE wall and partially rebuilt kerb between 22 - 34m N. |
1980 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/01 CO |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Plans of trench locations; contour plans with chambers and revetments marked; plan of NE forecourt, platform and facade. |
1971 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/02 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Chamber A: section through the chamber at 57N; plan of stones overlying passage roofing stones; plan of passage roofing stones; elevation of the chamber and passage (N side); ground plan of the chamber and passage. |
1971 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/03 CO |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Chamber B: ground plan of chamber and passage; elevations of chamber and passage; plans marked with chamber and passage measurements. |
1971 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/04 CO |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Profiles measured across the long cairn at 2m intervals. |
6/1971 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/05 CO |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Chamber B: re-roofing / consolidation plans. Detailed plans of the chamber B dome. |
7/1972 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/06 CO |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Survey plans of S end of the cairn. Includes revetment and basal stones; SW facade, forecourt and horns; and the outlying stone block. |
1966 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/07 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Survey and grid contour plans of cairn after excavation and consolidation. |
1976 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/08 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Finds location plans. Site plan of pottery finds. Plan of small finds and features in the SW forecourt. |
1971 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/09 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Pottery small finds illustrations. |
7/1980 |
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Prints and Drawings |
BD 28/10 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Chamber revetments. Plan of chamber A and its revetment. Plan of chamber B revetment. |
1976 |
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Photographs and Off-line Digital Images |
BP 1/86 |
Historic Scotland Archive Project |
Camster Long - Excavation of the cairn and features within the old ground surface
35 negatives of the carin's construction, plus postholes and burnt areas beneath the cairn:
4-5: Cairn on the NW side between 34-38m N.
6-10: S face of the section through the cairn at 25m N. Detail of the SE side.
11-12: Postholes at 18.5m N 20.6m E - empty but for packing.
13-14: Possible posthole at 18.2m N 19.4m E - empty but for packing.
15-16: Posthole 5 at 21.1m N 20.9E - half sectioned.
17-18: Burnt area at about 17m N 22m E.
19-25: Views of posthole 5 at 21.1m N20.9m E during excavation.
26-27: Basal layers of the cairn on the NW side, between 29-34m N.
28-29: Basal layers of the cairn on the SE side, between 32-34m N.
30-33: Section through the cairn at 29.5m N.
34: NW wall between 26-29m N.
35-36: Basal layer of the cairn at 27-29m N 18-21m E.
37: Old ground surface between 30-33m N. |
1980 |
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Manuscripts |
MS 36/18 |
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu |
Journal of A O Curle (RCAHMS). Titled 'Caithness II'. |
7/7/1910 |
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All Other |
551 472/18/5/1 |
Audrey S Henshall |
Plates 1, 5, 6, 7, 15, 21 and 24 |
1955 |
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All Other |
551 472/20/19/1 |
Audrey S Henshall |
Photographic copies of four original sketches of "Camster-type chambers". |
c. 1966 |
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All Other |
551 472/20/19/2 |
Audrey S Henshall |
Annotated photocopies of four original sketches of "Camster-type chambers". |
c. 1966 |
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All Other |
551 490/1/2/2/8/1 |
Historic Scotland Photographic Library |
Camster Long Cairn, Caithness |
11/7/1967 |
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All Other |
551 490/1/2/2/8/2 |
Historic Scotland Photographic Library |
Camster Long Cairn West Chamber |
13/8/1968 |
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All Other |
551 490/1/2/2/8/3 |
Historic Scotland Photographic Library |
Camster Cairns Details & General Of Excavation |
2/6/1971 |
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All Other |
551 490/1/2/2/8/4 |
Historic Scotland Photographic Library |
Camster Long Cairn Excavations |
8/7/1971 |
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All Other |
551 490/1/2/2/8/5 |
Historic Scotland Photographic Library |
Camster Long Cairn Details |
1/9/1971 |
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All Other |
551 490/1/2/2/8/6 |
Historic Scotland Photographic Library |
Camster Long Cairn Details & Gen of Excavation + Consolidation Work June/Sept 1972 |
12/10/1972 |
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