Camster Long Cairn
Chambered Tombs
ND 260 442
The long cairn is just to the north and is a very impressive structure. You approach it on a catwalk over the boggy ground. The cairn is about 70 metres long and covers two separate round cairns. The right hand cairn is thought to have been the earliest as it is of a more simple construction.
View of the long cairn
It has quite a long narrow chamber that makes quite a crawl to get to the centre. The left hand chamber is easier to get in and has a shorter and taller passage, an antechamber and main chamber similar to the round cairn.
Cairn entrance and narrow passage
The whole long cairn structure has a short “horns” form of forecourt at each end which was probably used for ceremonies.
Cairn horned forecourt
About half a mile further on down the lane are a couple of small standing stones about 1 metre high set in the boggy ground on the right.
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