Chambered cairn (3798 bytes)
1: ... stone) chamber was constructured. Some chambered cairns are also [[passage grave|passage-graves]].
5: == Chambered cairns in [[Scotland]] ==
7: ...land has a particularly large number of chambered cairns, many of radically different type. Because of th...
9: ...trance gives them their alternate name of [[Court cairn]]s. They are generally considered to be the earli...
11: ...hamber and a very short passage to one end of the cairn.

Chambered Nautilus (2345 bytes)
16: ...ons were common in mid-1800s Victorian homes, and chambered nautilus shells were popular decorations.
18: == The Chambered Nautilus in literature and art ==
19: The Chambered Nautilus is the title and subject of a poem by [[...
29: ...he bed and the window behind it mirror those of a chambered nautilus lying on a nearby table.

Chambered long barrow (746 bytes)
1: '''Chambered long barrows''' are a type of [[megalithic]] buri...
3: ...are the ones referred to by [[archaeologist]]s as chambered. This distinction may have been more to do with t...
7: Chambered long barrow sub-types include:

Cairn (2512 bytes)
1: [[Image:Cairn_3.jpg|right|thumb|200px|A cairn to mark the way along a [[glacier]]]]
3: A '''cairn''' is a manmade pile of stones. They are nearly a...
12: Additionally cairns have been used to commemorate all kinds of event...
14: ...held to find out who can build the most beautiful cairn.
17: ...e piles. Naturally, due to the idea's simplicity, cairns can be found all over the world in alpine or mou...

Cairn Gorm (2142 bytes)
1: ...image= [[Image:Cairn_gorm.jpg|300px]]| image_text=Cairn Gorm from across Coire an t-Sneachda
2: ...land]] | area=[[Cairngorms]] | translation=Blue [[Cairn]] |language= ([[Scottish Gaelic language|Gaelic]]...
4: ...rn Gorm is the most prominent of the [[Cairngorms|Cairngorm]] mountains in the view from [[Speyside]] it ...
8: ...ch is generally regarded as the very heart of the Cairngorms.

Clava cairn (2961 bytes)
1: ...e whole tomb and a [[kerb]] often runs around the cairn. The heights of the standing stones vary in heigh...
3: ...e burials as had been the case with [[Neolithic]] cairn tombs.
6: ...nd the kerbs to three of the standing stones. The cairns incorporate [[cup and ring mark]] stones, carved...
8: ...he ring round the northern ''Balnauran of Clava'' cairn was measured and analysed by Professor [[Alexande...

Court cairn (1630 bytes)
1: ... known as '''Clyde Carlingford tombs''' '''horned cairns''' or '''court tombs'''. The term was devised by...
3: ... the burials they placed in the tombs. Most court cairns appear to have been built in the early [[Neolith...
5: ...des of the cairn and are known as '''double court cairns'''
9: See also [[Chambered cairn]].

Cairn Terrier (2543 bytes)
4: !Cairn Terrier
6: |[[Image:Cairn-terriers.jpg|thumb|250px|none|Two Cairn Terriers showing variations in coat color.]]
34: ...ml NZKC], [http://www.ukcdogs.com/breeds/terriers/cairnterrier.std.shtml UKC]
36: ...ds]], used for hunting burrowing prey among the [[cairn]]s.
38: ...e [[West Highland White Terrier]] rather than the Cairn Terrier.

Eday (827 bytes)
5: ...ered cairn|Braeside]] and [[Huntersquoy chambered cairn|Huntersquoy]]. Eday is also known for its [[seab...

Gallery grave (1205 bytes)
1: ...angular tomb was covered with a [[barrow]] or a [[cairn]]. Most were built during the fourth millennium B...
3: ..., [[chambered long cairn]]s and [[chambered round cairn]]s. Examples are known in [[Catalonia]], [[France...
7: *[[Court Cairn]]s

Maes Howe (1347 bytes)
5: ...ears no similarities to any other known chambered cairn design, either in Orkney or elsewhere.

Sanday, Orkney (915 bytes)
9: ...[[Quoyness chambered cairn|Quoyness]] [[chambered cairn]], dating from the [[3rd millennium BC]].

Chamber tomb (2050 bytes)
1: ...pplied to tombs cut directly into rock and wooden-chambered tombs covered with earth barrows. [[Grave good]]s...
3: ...vered them, either an earth [[barrow]] or stone [[cairn]]. A wide variety of local types has been identif...
8: *[[Chambered cairn]]s
9: *[[Chambered long barrow]]s
16: **[[Court cairn]]s

Long Low, Wetton (1383 bytes)
3: ...t and one that is unique in England. The northern cairn measures 23m in diameter and survives to a height...
5: The smaller southern cairn is 15m across and survives to 1.2m in height foll...
7: ... a later Neolithic [[chambered cairn]] (the north cairn) built on one end and then a Bronze Age [[round b...

Loch Cairnbawn (202 bytes)
1: ... or '''Loch Cairn Bhàin''' ([[Gaelic]] for "White Cairn Lake") is a sea inet off [[Eddrachillis Bay]] on ...

Uyea (505 bytes)
1: ...of the United Kingdom|MP]], include a [[chambered cairn]], and the [[12th century]] [[Saint Olaf]]'s chap...

Treshnish Isles (316 bytes)
1: ...[Bac Mór]], [[Lunga]], [[Cairn na Burgh More]], [[Cairn na Burgh Beag]] and [[Fladda]] and are known for ...

Vementry (503 bytes)
3: .... It is known for its well-preserved [[chambered cairn]].

Giants' grave (394 bytes)
3: ...have a cup-shaped entrance similar to the [[Court Cairn]] tombs of [[Ireland]].

Passage grave (1820 bytes)
3: ...ers to a considerable subgroup of the [[Chambered cairn]]s, but passage graves are often also covered wit...
5: ...nd sometimes a [[kerb]] surrounding the barrow or cairn. [[Pre-historic art|Megalithic art]] has been ide...
11: * [[Avielochan]], [[Clava cairn]] and [[Maes Howe]] in [[Scotland]]

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