Old Photograph Quoyness Chambered Cairn Orkney Islands Scotland

Old photograph of Quoyness Chambered Cairn on Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland. This cairn approximately 5,000 years old, is located by the coast. At the heart of the Quoyness cairn is the main chamber. Standing approximately four metres high, this chamber is accessed by crawling through a nine metre long, low, entrance passage. Inside, six smaller chambers open off from the main chamber. Dug into the chamber’s clay floor is a shallow pit and a short trench, both of which date from the tomb's original construction.



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