Following the same format as "The Chambered Cairns of Orkney" and "The Chambered Cairns of Caithness", this third volume in the survey of Scotland's chambered cairns focuses on Sutherland, an area in the remote North West of Britain. The authors list the localities and references for each cairn and provide a full description of the existing structures and their contents, with a sumary account of the results of excavation where necessary. Interpretation and the archaeological significance of the monuments are described in full. This work is intended for students of archaeology at all levels and residents of and visitors to Sutherland.
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Audrey Henshall has studied chambered cairns and their contents throughout her professional life with the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Her early volumes in 1963 and 1972 on the Chambered Tombs of Scotland formed the foundation for four new volumes on the monuments of the northern counties, of which this is the last. The Chambered Cairns of Sutherland, also with Graham Ritchie, was published in 1995. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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1.1) The northernmost part of the mainland of Scotland is divided into two regions, reflecting the contrasting character of highland Sutherland and lowland Caithness. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inner portal stones, cairn material, short horned cairns, spaced orthostats, outer portal stone, trapezoid cairn, five orthostats, other orthostats, four orthostats, entrance portal stones, displaced lintel, third orthostat, adjacent orthostats, two orthostats, chamber orthostats, corbel stones, three orthostats, irregular rounded stones, tripartite chambers, cairn edge, second phase burials, collapsed roofing, long cairns, cairn rises, transverse hollow Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Ord North, Strath of Kildonan, Skelpick Long, Borgie South, Parish Kildonan Location, Parish Assynt Location, Kinbrace Burn, Bettyhill Map, Borgie North, Tulloch of Assery, Parish Farr Location, Skelpick South, Parish Dornoch Location, Kinbrace Map, References Curle, Inchnadamph Map, Carn Laggie, Glen Oykel, References Henshall, Dornoch Firth, Parish Creich Location, Loch Borralan East, Skelpick Round, Loch Awe, Western Isles New!
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1.1) The northernmost part of the mainland of Scotland is divided into two regions, reflecting the contrasting character of highland Sutherland and lowland Caithness. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inner portal stones, cairn material, short horned cairns, spaced orthostats, outer portal stone, trapezoid cairn, five orthostats, other orthostats, four orthostats, entrance portal stones, displaced lintel, third orthostat, adjacent orthostats, two orthostats, chamber orthostats, corbel stones, three orthostats, irregular rounded stones, tripartite chambers, cairn edge, second phase burials, collapsed roofing, long cairns, cairn rises, transverse hollow Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Ord North, Strath of Kildonan, Skelpick Long, Borgie South, Parish Kildonan Location, Parish Assynt Location, Kinbrace Burn, Bettyhill Map, Borgie North, Tulloch of Assery, Parish Farr Location, Skelpick South, Parish Dornoch Location, Kinbrace Map, References Curle, Inchnadamph Map, Carn Laggie, Glen Oykel, References Henshall, Dornoch Firth, Parish Creich Location, Loch Borralan East, Skelpick Round, Loch Awe, Western Isles New!
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- Scotland: An Oxford Archaeological Guide (Oxford Archaeological Guides) by Anna Ritchie in Back Matter
- Neolithic Scotland: Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire by Gordon Noble in Back Matter
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