What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Calf of Eday, Long as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Dyke (period Unknown). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; significant as a rare example of early prehistoric funerary architecture in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Eday, CalfsoundGrave(s) (19th Century) · 753 yd
Eday, Carrick HouseLairds House (early 17th Century) · 1285 yd
Vinquoy PlantationForest · 1714 yd
Saplings on Vinquoy Hill, EdayMountain or hill · 1742 yd
Vinquoy HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Eday, HuntersquoyChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 1.1 mi
Hill of Bomo, EdayMountain or hill · 1.2 mi
Threshing mill at Red HouseOld home or work place · 1.3 mi
Mu Geos and Castle Rock from the SeaCastle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi
Stennie HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
HowarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.5 mi
EdayIsland · 3.0 mi