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Summer rose-bay willow herb on the eastern bank of the cairn.

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ryaner Jul 1, 2023

This is the sealed, dividing chamber between the north and south tombs, the western wall of which has been removed.

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ryaner Jul 1, 2023

Ectrance jambs of the northern chambers, with a sillstone visible between them. Cohaw is satisifyingly symmetrical and all four sets of jambstones, the two sets of entrances and the two sets of chamber dividers, have a separating sillstone.

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ryaner Jul 1, 2023

On the eastern side of the northern chamber is this unsocketed stone propped up with concrete by the excavators in 1949. It’s a possible roofstone I guess.

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ryaner Jul 1, 2023

The northern court.

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ryaner Jul 1, 2023

The southern court of the suavely symmetrical Cohaw.

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ryaner Jul 1, 2023

View from just inside the southern court.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

This is the sealed chamber that splits the two galleries of the back to back dual court tomb.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

Looking southish at the smaller of the two galleries of this dual-court tomb.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

I was fascinated by this arrangement of stones, the small stone being jammed between the shoulder of the right-hand orthostat and the jambstone.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

Northern court from the east.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

Northern court from the west.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

Pano from the west.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

After many recent trips around the court tombs of the border region, most of which are wrecked, it was great to arrive here and see it in such good condition, without being overly restored.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

Looking out between the jambstones of the northernmost chamber into the court.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

Detail of a sillstone.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

Looking north alone the galleries with jambstones and sillstones still intact. This was excavated, but not overly restored like some of the tombs north of the border.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018

Outlying, concreted stone. It may be a roof-stone.

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ryaner Oct 25, 2018