Huntersquoy
The Huntersquoy is a passage tomb of the Bookan Cairn type near Loch Mill on the Orkney island of Eday in Scotland .
Huntersquoy is very unusual in that, like Taversoe Tuick on Rousay, it is one of the only two two-story megalithic complexes. Little remains of the upper chamber. The lower one is intact, but flooded and inaccessible.
The slightly oval two-story cairn of about 11.0 m in diameter was excavated in 1936 by Charles ST Calder (1891–1972). The upper structure could be reached via a separate entrance that no longer exists. The separate access to the lower chamber is open, the chamber is intact.
A hearth, possibly at the same time as the cairn , was to the east. Adjacent are the monuments of Braeside and Vinquoy and the Stone of Setter .
literature
- Charles Calder: Excavations of Three Neolithic Chambered Cairns - One with an Upper and a Lower Chamber - in the Islands of Eday and the Calf of Eday in Orkney . (including Report on the Pottery by AJH Edwards) In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Vol. 72 1937
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: The ancient monuments of Orkney (= Historic Scotland. ). HMSO, Edinburgh 1995, ISBN 0-11-495734-7 .
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
- Hamish Haswell-Smith: The Scottish Islands. A comprehensive Guide to every Scottish Island. Fully revised 2nd edition. Canongate, Edinburgh et al. 2004, ISBN 1-84195-454-3 , p. 388.
Web links
- Description Engl. and pictures
- Entry on Huntersquoy in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 59 ° 13 '25.7 " N , 2 ° 46' 8.1" W.