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Human settlement in Scotland
Upper Camster
Upper Camster is located in CaithnessUpper CamsterUpper CamsterLocation within the Caithness area
OS grid referenceND262414
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtKW3 6
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58°21′18″N 3°15′42″W / 58.35509°N 3.26174°W / 58.35509; -3.26174

Upper Camster is a small hamlet, which lies at the source of the Camster Burn, 4 miles north of Lybster, in Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

The Grey Cairns of Camster are two large Neolithic chambered cairns located about quarter of a mile north of Upper Camster. The cairns, which are considered to be examples of the Orkney-Cromarty type of chambered cairn, were constructed in the third or fourth millennium BC in a desolate stretch of boggy peat-covered moorland in the Flow Country of Caithness.

Gallery

  • Camster Long Cairn, Upper Camster Camster Long Cairn, Upper Camster
  • Burial chamber inside Camster Long. Burial chamber inside Camster Long.
  • Camster Cairns. Camster Cairns.
  • The Grey Cairns of Camster. These cairns are open to the public. The Grey Cairns of Camster. These cairns are open to the public.
  • Grey Cairns of Camster, Caithness, Scotland - Camster Long Cairn, exterior Grey Cairns of Camster, Caithness, Scotland - Camster Long Cairn, exterior
  • Remote road in the flow country Remote road in the flow country

References

  1. Microsoft; Nokia. "Upper Camster" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. "Grey Cairns of Camster". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 4 January 2018.


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