Chambered Cairn near Broadford - PHOTOGRAPHER COMMENT
Panorama taken from near the top of chambered cairn burial site near Broadford on Skye.
Chambered Cairn near Broadford - FURTHER INFORMATION
Chambered Cairn near Broadford - Skye visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Chambered Cairn near Broadford' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Highland.
This chambered cairn is a little south of Broadford on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is clearly marked on Ordnance Survey maps and easily spotted from the road. It is onto of a hillock and is about 12m in diameter with a height of 2m. The cairn is known as either 'An Sithean' or 'Aant Sithe'. An all-access footpath constructed in 2003 leads from the area of the chambered cairn back to Broadford.
The countryside around the chambered cairn is classically dramatic of Skye. Set in the Strath Suardal valley near to Broadford River, it is dominated Beinn na Caillich (732m) and Beinn Dearg Mhor (709) red Cuillin hills to the north. Just the other side of the road to the west is Bealach a Ghlinne ridge which rises to the top of Ben Suardal (281m).
The B8083 continues south through the tiny hamlet of Suardal to the ruins of Cill Chriosd (Church of Christ) and then on through Torrin and around Loch Slapin, terminating at Elgol.
TRAVEL DIRECTIONS AND GETTING THERE
The chambered cairn is about 1.5 miles south of Broadford on the B8083 road to Elgol. OS Map reference: NG62722203.
















