Grey Cairns of Camster, the Glossary
The Grey Cairns of Camster are two large Neolithic chambered cairns located about south of Watten and north of Lybster in Caithness, in the Highland region of Scotland.[1]
Table of Contents
12 relations: Bronze Age, Caithness, Chambered cairn, Flow Country, Highland (council area), Historic Environment Scotland, Joseph Anderson (antiquarian), Lybster, Neolithic, Peat, Scotland, Watten, Highland.
- 1865 archaeological discoveries
- 4th-millennium BC architecture in Scotland
- Archaeological sites in Caithness
- Chambered cairns in Scotland
- Historic Environment Scotland properties
- Stone Age sites in Scotland
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
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Caithness
Caithness (Gallaibh; Katanes.) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
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Chambered cairn
A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable (usually stone) chamber around and over which a cairn of stones was constructed.
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Flow Country
The Flow Country (Dùthaich nam Boglaichean) is a vast area of bog peatland in Caithness and Sutherland, northern Scotland.
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Highland (council area)
Highland (Gàidhealtachd,; Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom.
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Historic Environment Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) (Àrainneachd Eachdraidheil Alba) is an executive non-departmental public body responsible for investigating, caring for and promoting Scotland's historic environment.
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Joseph Anderson (antiquarian)
Joseph Anderson LLD HRSA (1832–1916) was a Scottish antiquarian who served as keeper of the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland from 1869 to 1913.
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Lybster
Lybster (Liabost) is a village on the east coast of Caithness in northern Scotland.
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Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
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Peat
Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
See Grey Cairns of Camster and Scotland
Watten, Highland
Watten is a small village in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, on the main road (A882-A9) between the burgh of Wick and the town of Thurso, about twelve kilometres (eight miles) west of Wick and close to Wick River and to Loch Watten.
See Grey Cairns of Camster and Watten, Highland
See also
1865 archaeological discoveries
- Grey Cairns of Camster
- Guilden Morden boar
4th-millennium BC architecture in Scotland
- Balbridie
- Barnhouse Settlement
- Barpa Langass
- Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
- Eilean Dòmhnuill
- Grey Cairns of Camster
- Holm of Papa
- Knap of Howar
- Midhowe Chambered Cairn
- Ness of Brodgar
- Skara Brae
- Stones of Stenness
- Tomb of the Eagles
- Unstan Chambered Cairn
Archaeological sites in Caithness
- Crosskirk Broch
- Grey Cairns of Camster
- Hill o' Many Stanes
- Huna House
- Ousdale Broch
- Skitten Broch
- Stone Lud
- Tormsdale
- Tulach an t-Sionnaich
Chambered cairns in Scotland
- Bargrennan chambered cairn
- Barpa Langass
- Blackhammer Chambered Cairn
- Braeside chambered cairn
- Cairnderry chambered cairn
- Cairnholy
- Carn Glas
- Clava cairn
- Clava cairns of Aviemore
- Corrimony chambered cairn
- Court cairn
- Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
- Dippen, Arran
- Dwarfie Stane
- Grey Cairns of Camster
- Holm of Papa
- Huntersquoy chambered cairn
- Knowe of Swandro
- Knowe of Yarso chambered cairn
- Langdale Broch
- Maeshowe
- Mid Gleniron
- Midhowe Chambered Cairn
- Punds Water
- Quanterness chambered cairn
- Quoyness chambered cairn
- Ronas Hill
- Rubha an Dùnain
- Steinacleit
- Taversöe Tuick
- Tomb of the Eagles
- Tulach an t-Sionnaich
- Unstan Chambered Cairn
- Vinquoy chambered cairn
- Wideford Hill chambered cairn
Historic Environment Scotland properties
- Ballymeanoch
- Balvaird Castle
- Blackfriars, St Andrews
- Callanish Stones
- Carn Liath (broch)
- Castle Law
- Clava cairn
- Cluny Crichton Castle
- Dun Beag
- Dun Carloway
- Dun Dornaigil
- Dun Telve
- Dun Troddan
- Dunfermline Abbey
- Dunfermline Palace
- Dunkeld Cathedral
- Dupplin Cross
- Grey Cairns of Camster
- Inchcolm Abbey
- Kisimul Castle
- List of Historic Environment Scotland properties
- Mar's Wark
- Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum
- Orphir Round Church
- Ruthven Barracks
- Seton Collegiate Church
- St Bridget's Kirk
- St Clement's Church, Rodel
- Steinacleit
- Torphichen Preceptory
- Trinity House of Leith
- Whithorn Priory
Stone Age sites in Scotland
- Balfarg
- Ballymeanoch
- Balquhain
- Barnhouse Settlement
- Cairnpapple Hill
- Callanish Stones
- Carinish
- Cramond
- Crannog
- Cullerlie stone circle
- Dwarfie Stane
- Easter Aquhorthies stone circle
- Eilean Dòmhnuill
- Funzie Girt
- Gogar
- Grey Cairns of Camster
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney
- Herscha Hill
- Kilmartin Glen
- Kirkton of Bourtie stone circle
- Knap of Howar
- Links of Noltland
- Lochmaben Stone
- Megalithic monuments in Scotland
- Mutiny Stones
- Na Fir Bhrèige
- Ness of Brodgar
- Ring of Brodgar
- Rinyo
- Rubha an Dùnain
- Sheldon stone circle
- Skara Brae
- Spurryhillock
- Stone Lud
- Stones of Stenness
- Strichen stone circle
- Tomb of the Eagles
- Warren Field
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Cairns_of_Camster
Also known as Camster Round.