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Chambered Cairn
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This massive, carefully restored cairn was given its name after excavation and renovation in 1899. It's a real platform, rising maybe a metre of an half from the level ground and is edged by kerbstones all the way round and has a diameter of around 6 or 7 metres. It has a long low chamber topped by big capstones with a tight squeeze of an entrance partly blocked by a deliberately placed slab.
I was desperate to paint its soft, cushiony shape and hang out here a bit! But as it was, the wind up here was howling so I was only able to do a notated sketch whilst we munched our picnic. I was happy to get in the long chamber, not least to get out of the wind which felt colder as the sun disappeared behind the thickening clouds.
Although this is probably the Scillies' main 'hollywood' site, I didn't like it here as much as the Innisidgens.This post appears as part of the weblog entry 'Stop that! It's Scilly... |
Posted by Jane
18th March 2004ce
Edited 26th March 2004ce
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