Camster Round Chambered Cairn

Camster Round is a Neolithic chambered cairn within the Grey Cairns of Camster group. Highland Council’s archaeological record describes a mound roughly eighteen metres across with a particularly well-preserved chamber of the Orkney-Cromarty tradition. Joseph Anderson and Robert Innes Shearer excavated in 1865, recovering flint implements and pottery. Human bones held by National Museums Scotland are presumed to derive from that investigation and include skull and long-bone fragments. Further work by Ritchie in 1967 removed part of the entrance blocking before public access to the chamber was introduced. A small fragment of Beaker pottery provided evidence of later prehistoric activity. The cairn was scheduled with Camster Long in 1934, and the protected area was revised in 2017. It is a distinct monument, rather than another name for the neighbouring long cairn. Period: Neolithic with evidence of later prehistoric activity Grid reference: ND 2608 4403 Protection: Source: Historic Environment Scotland, https://www.trove.scot/place/8693 (Open Government Licence). Contains Historic Environment Scotland data licensed under the Open Government Licence; source compiler retained per record. Banner photo: "Grey Cairns of Camster 04" by Gaius Cornelius, via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.