Cairnholy 1

This is a Clyde-type chambered cairn with an impressive curved façade of eight tall uprights reaching to 3m in height. In front of the entrance there is a closing stone, now fallen. The cairn, measuring 43m x 10m, has been robbed of most of its material. The chamber is built with in an inner and outer compartment, the inner one built as a box, inaccessible from the outer one. The site was excavated in 1949.and among the objects found in the outer compartment were part of an axe of jadeite, a rare green stone imported from the Alps and a leaf-shaped arrowhead. The axe is kept in the Royal Museum of Scotland, in Edinburgh. Some 150m up the lane is another chambered cairn.

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[Letsbikeit]

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[marinagraham]

Excellent video!

[caradoc68]

Graeme really good video and the infomation to go with it was good enjoyed this one. The diffrence in the size of cairn's between the north and south is quite striking.. What you remember moth about Dartmoor ? I see if I got some pictures to put up..