Quoyness chambered cairn
Quoyness chambered cairn is a Neolithic burial monument located on the island of Sanday in Orkney, Scotland. Similar to Maeshowe in design, the tomb was probably built around 3000 BC.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cairn
- Description: chambered cairn located on Sanday in Orkney, Scotland
- Also known as: “Augmond’s Howe”, “Egmund’s Howe”, “Els Ness”, “Quoyness”, “Quoyness Barrow”, “Quoyness Brough”, and “Quoyness Chambered Cairn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sanday and Sanday Airport.
Sanday
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Sanday is one of the Orkney Islands, northeast of Orkney Mainland. It's a thin low-lying strap, about 12 miles long but seldom reaching a mile wide, flanked by sandy beaches.
Sanday Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sanday Airport is located 20 NM north northeast of Kirkwall Airport on Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Sanday Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee. Sanday Airport is situated 1½ miles north of Quoyness chambered cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kettletoft and Whitehall.
Kettletoft
Village
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kettletoft is a settlement on the island of Sanday in Orkney, Scotland. The B9068 road runs from Kettletoft to Scar and the B9069 from Kettletoft to Northwall.
Whitehall
Village
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It is a small village with about 50 houses. It also has a shop, a café and heritage centre, known as the Fish Mart; the Stronsay Hotel, with attached pub; a post office, a fisherman's pier and a ferry pier. Whitehall is situated 6 miles south of Quoyness chambered cairn.
Quoyness chambered cairn
- Categories: chambered cairn, archaeological site, tomb, and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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“Quoyness chambered cairn” goes by many names.
- German: “Quoyness”
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