Camster Cairns Mystery Cache
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The co-ordinates take you to an information plaque from which information is to be taken to provide the cache co-ordinates.
The Grey Cairns of Camster
The Camster Cairns are some of the best-preserved Neolithic burial mounds in Scotland. They date from around 3500BC, and are developed sites, in that they were used over a long period of time.
The site consists of three cairns, one of which is only partly standing. The other two, a round cairn and a long cairn, have been re-roofed and partially restored. They are equipped with modern skylights so that you can see inside the chambers.
The round chamber is around 13 feet high and 58 feet in diameter. A very narrow passage allows access to the tall burial chamber, and there are smaller chambers leading from the passage.
The long cairn began as two separate cairns, which were then joined into one long horned mound with two chambers. The doorway has steps leading down into the passage. It is much larger than the round cairn stretching 55 feet across and 225 feet long.
It seems their main function was to house the dead, but they may have seen other ritual use
The cache can be found at
N 58 22.ABC
W 3 15.DEF
ABCDEF are the number of letters in certain words on the plaque.
A = 1st word
B = word 5 + word 6
C = word 3 - word 2
D = Bottom right below Historic
E = Who replies to Seoras
F = Bottom centre "A Different ......."
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