Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn

  • Kirkwall, Orkney

 

Getting here

Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn

Located between Kirkwall and Finstown, signposted from Old Finstown Road.

Grid reference - HY 409 122.

The walk to the site is over rough ground, is steep in places and can be muddy. Access into the cairn is via a trapdoor and required the use of a ladder. 

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Opening times

Open year-round.

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Facilities

The interior of Rennibister earth house. The stone ceiling is held up by a wooden beam.

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Rennibister Earth House
A view of the inside of an earth house

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Grain Earth House
The Earl’s Palace in Kirkwall.

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Bishop’s and Earl’s Palaces, Kirkwall
A brick wall chamber inside the cairn with two openings in its walls

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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
The foundations of the castle show a ditch, rampart and square tower

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Cubbie Roo's Castle and St Mary's Chapel
Several slabs of stone being stored in a concrete room

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Blackhammer Chambered Cairn
A general view of the Broch of Gurness and Eynhallow Sound.

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Broch of Gurness
A grass-covered burial cairn on a field close to the sea

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Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn
A brick wall chamber inside the cairn with two openings in its walls

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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Several slabs of stone being stored in a concrete room

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Blackhammer Chambered Cairn
A grass-covered burial cairn on a field close to the sea

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Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn
The underground remains of a stone cairn covered by a modern ceiling

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Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn
Four of the standing stones at Stenness in the evening

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Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn.

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Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
Two thick stone walls with smaller stone slabs standing in between them

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Midhowe Chambered Cairn
Seven tall standing stones, part of the Ring of Brodgar

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Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge

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