Quoyness chambered cairn
The Quoyness chambered cairn is located on Sanday in Orkney, Scotland. It is approximately 5,000 years old and is located on the shoreside.[1]
The cairn is about 4 metres (13 ft) high and can be accessed by crawling through the entrance passage, itself 9 metres (30 ft) long. Only half the entrance passage is roofed. A stone platform surrounds the cairn, and when originally built the cairn would have looked like Maeshowe today. Bones from 10 adults and 5 children were removed. The property is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument.[2]
References
- ^ "Quoyness Cairn Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland". Undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Quoyness,chambered cairn,Els Ness,Sanday (SM90243)". Retrieved 2019-02-22.
59°13′32″N 2°34′06″W / 59.22555°N 2.56824°W
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