 An Orkney-Cromarty type round cairn with a Camster-type chamber, the Achkinloch Chambered Cairn stands on a small knoll and has been considerably robbed. The edges are difficult to trace, but the diameter appears to have been about 60 feet. Only one slab of the chamber is visible. Over three feet high, it represents the back of the chamber.
As one recent visitor states, "The cairn must once have been huge, for it is still a fair size although denuded in size, and 1,000 years older than the stones (the Achavanich Stone Circle) it overlooks. It is possible to make out what looks to once have been an entrance passage, though now collapsed in on itself, and the central chamber still forms a fine cist."
About Achkinloch Chambered Cairn
Camore: Achkinloch Chambered Cairn
Megalithic Portal: Achkinloch Chambered Cairn
Modern Antiquarian: Achkinloch Chambered Cairn
Wikipedia: Chambered Cairn
Journey to Achkinloch Chambered Cairn
The Achkinloch Chambered Cairn is located south of the village of the same name just off a minor road near the Achavanich Stone Circle, just south of Loch Semster and a half mile or so off the A9 in Highland, Scotland.
Ordnance Survey Map (ND18874172)
Visitors Information
Visitors information on the Achkinloch Chambered Cairn may be found at the geograph website. General tourist information may be found at the Caithness Tourism website.
Additional Photos of Achkinloch Chambered Cairn
The Achkinloch Chambered Cairn Viewed from the Nearby Achavanich Stone Circle
Approaching the Achkinloch Chambered Cairn
The Remaining Slab of the Achkinloch Chambered Cairn
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