Tagged: Eday

“Excavation disclosed, not an ‘Erd House’, as stated, but a neolithic burial cairn of very remarkable construction, since it contained two separate, but contemporary, chambers disposed in an unusual manner… Read more

The UHI Archaeology Institute has published a report of the 1985 re-excavation of the Vinquoy Hill chambered cairn, dedicating it to the late Jacqui Marwick, the archaeologist who led the operation. Read more

We begin a series of posts looking at the Neolithic in Eday with the Vinquoy chambered cairn. Read more