Upper Camster (original) (raw)
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Human settlement in Scotland
| Upper Camster | |
|---|---|
  Upper CamsterLocation within the Caithness area |
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| OS grid reference | ND262414 |
| Council area | Highland |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | KW3 6 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| List of places UK Scotland 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.[1]
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.[2]
Camster Long Cairn, Upper Camster
Burial chamber inside Camster Long.
Camster Cairns.
The Grey Cairns of Camster. These cairns are open to the public.
Grey Cairns of Camster, Caithness, Scotland - Camster Long Cairn, exterior
Remote road in the flow country
- ^ Microsoft; Nokia. "Upper Camster" (Map). Bing Maps. Microsoft. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ "Grey Cairns of Camster". Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 4 January 2018.