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Survey reveals cluster of ancient cairns

Seven massive Neolithic cairns and 300 new Bronze and Iron Age sites have been found in Caithness following the first large-scale survey of its kind to be undertaken in Scotland.
The £100,000 archaeological project was funded by the developers of the Baillie Wind Farm and used a system known as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging).
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Neolithic horned cairns near Caithness wind farm scanned

A wind farm developer has paid for archaeologists to scan a cluster of seven Neolithic horned cairns near to where 21 turbines will be erected.
The 5,000 year old structures at Hill of Shebster, near Thurso, in Caithness, were used for burials and rituals.
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) equipment was used to map the cairns.
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