What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eday, Vinquoy Hill as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). 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; dates to the 3rd millennium BCE. It represents an important example of early prehistoric funerary architecture in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Vinquoy chambered tombAncient tomb or cairn · 20 yd
Inside Vinquoy chambered cairnAncient tomb or cairn · 28 yd
Stile on Vinquoy HillMountain or hill · 233 yd
South west slopes of Vinquoy HillMountain or hill · 264 yd
Vinquoy PlantationForest · 388 yd
Threshing mill at Red HouseOld home or work place · 457 yd
Vinquoy HillMountain / peak · 466 yd
Eday, Carrick HouseLairds House (early 17th Century) · 834 yd
Mu Geos and Castle Rock from the SeaCastle, fort or tower · 1.6 mi
Stennie HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Djubi GeoBay · 1.8 mi
Langie GeosBay · 2.3 mi