NODE 08 - THE CHAMBERED CAIRN

One of the striking features of this stone circle may be found in the cairn on the east inner side of the ring. This double chambered tomb was found to contain traces of cremation when unearthed in 1857. Archeologists have shown that the cairn was erected long after the stones themselves. The cairn was reconstructed in Victorian times and restored again in the 1980s.

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