Memorials & monuments · Scottish Islands
Huntersquoy, chambered cairn 480m SW of Carrick Farm, Eday
Huntersquoy, chambered cairn 480m SW of Carrick Farm, Eday in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
About
Huntersquoy, chambered cairn 480m SW of Carrick Farm, Eday is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Huntersquoy chambered cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on the island of Eday, in Orkney, Scotland. The monument dates from the 3rd millennium BC and is an Orkney–Cromarty type chambered cairn. Huntersquoy is a distinctive two-story burial monument with overlapping chambers. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1936.
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- Coordinates
- 59.2240, -2.7679
- Address
- Scotland, United Kingdom
Sources
- wikidata: Q56668312 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Huntersquoy chambered cairn (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Huntersquoy, chambered cairn 480m SW of Carrick Farm, Eday?
- Huntersquoy, chambered cairn 480m SW of Carrick Farm, Eday is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.2240°, -2.7679°.