Although things might be a little different on your visit, you can still enjoy exploring Wideford Hill.
Find out more about this historic place below.
Journey inside
Explore Wideford Hill with our short video tour.
Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn was excavated in 1849 by George Petrie. Kilbride-Jones also excavated in 1935, revealing a long entrance passage leading to a corbelled central chamber and three side cells.
The interior was deliberately in-filled with rubble in prehistory, and while there was no visible evidence for human burial, this function can be inferred by analogy with other chambered cairns. It contains examples of Neolithic art incised onto its interior stonework.
Explore the history
Part of the original roof at Wideford Hill survives and the large lintels forming the passage’s roof and the cells were constructed with architectural expertise.
On the tomb walls we can still see rare examples of Neolithic scratch art. The presence of such imagery reinforces the relationship between tombs such as Wideford Hill and contemporary settlements, such as Skara Brae, where similar marks have been found.
Excavations at the base of the hill have discovered the remains of a probably contemporary settlement.