What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Wideford Hill as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It represents a significant prehistoric funerary and ceremonial site in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Welcome to Wideford Hill Chambered CairnVisitor information · 13 yd
Wideford Hill Tomb - the old way inAncient tomb or cairn · 55 yd
Wideford Hill cairnAncient tomb or cairn · 120 yd
Keelylang Hill from Wideford HillMountain or hill · 447 yd
Wideford Hill, Wt Station, MastsRadio Mast(s) (20th Century) · 599 yd
Wideford Hill, Wt Station, MastRadio Mast (20th Century) · 687 yd
Burrey BraeMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
MainlandIsland · 1.5 mi
RNAS Hatston MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Keelylang HillMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Bay of KirkwallBay · 2.5 mi
Turnoff to Scapa BeachBeach · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Ian Balcombe · CC BY-SA 2.0