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Vinquoy Hill is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and comprises a stone-built chamber within a mound structure, representing a type of funerary monument characteristic of early farming communities in the Orkney archipelago. The cairn demonstrates the architectural traditions of Orkney's Neolithic population, whose chambered tombs served as communal burial places and remain important evidence of settlement patterns and ceremonial practices in northern Scotland during the fourth and third millennia BC. The site is designated as a scheduled monument under Historic Environment Scotland.
Vinquoy Hill, chambered cairn, Eday is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1410. View the official record →
Vinquoy Hill is a Neolithic chambered cairn situated on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1410.
Vinquoy Hill, chambered cairn, Eday dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn, eday. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Vinquoy Hill, chambered cairn, Eday 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 SM1410.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone of Setter, standing stone and enclosure, Eday (1 km), Mill Hill, chambered cairn, Millbounds (2.8 km), Bay of London, mound 290m SE of Youth Hostel, Eday (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Vinquoy Hill, chambered cairn, Eday's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Vinquoy Hill, chambered cairn, Eday stands on Upper Old Red Sandstone, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.