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Eday Church Hall Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic funerary monument located on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland, situated approximately 260 metres west-northwest of Eday Church. The cairn dates to the Neolithic period and belongs to the tradition of chambered burial structures characteristic of prehistoric Orkney. Like other Orkney cairns of this era, it would have served as a communal burial site for successive generations, with an internal stone chamber accessed by a passage. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Neolithic mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the northern isles.
Eday Church Hall, chambered cairn 260m WNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1261. View the official record →
Eday Church Hall Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic funerary monument located on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland, situated approximately 260 metres west-northwest of Eday Church. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1261.
Eday Church Hall, chambered cairn 260m WNW of dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Eday Church Hall, chambered cairn 260m WNW of is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1261.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sandhill, chambered cairn 300m W of, Eday (0.5 km), Burn of Mussetter,standing stone on E side of (0.6 km), Sandhill, burnt mound 200m SE of (0.8 km).
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