Achcheargary Burn

Nearest town:
Thurso (42km ENE)
OS reference:
NC71825482
OS sheet:
10
Latitude:
58° 27' 46.96 N
Longitude:
4° 11' 50.71 W
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Image of Achcheargary Burn (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Guess this is a text book example of the differing attitudes of our Neolithic and Bronze Age forebears... the Achcheargary chambered cairn can be seen associated with the River Naver below (to right of central trees). The Bronze Age cairn has more expansive, but maybe less focused horizons.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jun 12, 2016
Image of Achcheargary Burn (Cairn(s)) by GLADMAN

Sron Achcheargary towers above the cairn despite being ‘just’ c695ft high.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jun 12, 2016

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Achcheargary Burn
Cairn(s)
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GLADMAN Jan 14, 2018

Yet another monument with remains of cist (most probably) still in situ. The cairn occupies a superb position overlooking the serpentine River Naver.... including an aerial view of the Achcheargary chambered cairn on the other side of the B871. Canmore has this to say:

“This cairn, at the edge of a natural shelf overlooking the plain of the River Naver, measures about 13.0m diameter and 1.2m maximum height, but the west part has been robbed to build adjoining walls. Where the cairn rubble has been cleared north of the centre, a slab edge 0.6m long and aligned NE-SW is exposed; it is probably the remains of a cist”. OS (J M) 25/6/77

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