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Vinquoy Chambered Cairn
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Vinquoy Chambered Cairn
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Adie
April 25, 2023
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This is a cairn with a view! Situated on Vinquoy Hill, overlooking Calf Sound and Orkney's North isles.
An entrance passage leads to a central chamber and four small cells.
It's an impressively intact structure, dating from 3,000 BC.
An entrance passage leads to a central chamber and four small cells.
It's an impressively intact structure, dating from 3,000 BC.
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