What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Camster, Long as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Chambered cairn, Neolithic period. It represents a type of communal burial monument significant for understanding early agricultural societies in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
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Lower CamsterBridge (19th Century), Culvert (20th Century), Sand and Gravel Workings (period Unknown) · 1737 yd
Burn of WhilkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.6 mi
Whaligoe stepsViewpoint · 4.4 mi
Whale GeoBay · 4.5 mi
Wester Whale GeoBay · 4.5 mi
General Horne memorialMemorial · 4.6 mi
Battle of Tannachbattle · 4.9 mi
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