Chambered cairn
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Chambered cairn
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A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a sizeable chamber around and over which a cairn of stones was constructed. Some chambered cairns are also passage-graves. They are found throughout Britain and Ireland, with the largest number in Scotland. Typically, the chamber is larger than a cist, and will contain a larger number of interments, which are either excarnated bones or inhumations (cremations). Most were situated near a settlement, an
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Burial monument (Usually Neolithic)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambered_cairn
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2023-10-12T02:00:29Z
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