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by | Mar 21, 2018 | Juniperus

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Upper Camster is a small hamlet, which lies at the source of the Camster Burn, 4 miles north of Lybster, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.[1]

The Grey Cairns of Camster are two large Neolithic chambered cairns located about quarter of a mile north of Upper Camster. The cairns, which are considered to be examples of the Orkney-Cromarty type of chambered cairn, were constructed in the third or fourth millennium BC in a desolate stretch of boggy peat-covered moorland in the Flow Country of Caithness.[2]

Gallery

  • Camster Long Cairn, Upper Camster
    Camster Long Cairn, Upper Camster
  • Burial chamber inside Camster Long.
    Burial chamber inside Camster Long.
  • Camster Cairns.
    Camster Cairns.
  • The Grey Cairns of Camster. These cairns are open to the public.
    The Grey Cairns of Camster. These cairns are open to the public.
  • Grey Cairns of Camster, Caithness, Scotland - Camster Long Cairn, exterior
    Grey Cairns of Camster, Caithness, Scotland - Camster Long Cairn, exterior
  • Remote road in the flow country
    Remote road in the flow country

References

  1. ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Upper Camster" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Grey Cairns of Camster". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 4 January 2018.


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