Vinquoy
Coordinates: 59 ° 13 ′ 34 " N , 2 ° 46 ′ 21" W
The Vinquoy Hill on the Orkney -Insel Eday is 76 m high. Near the summit there is a restored Passage Tomb of Maeshowe type . It was explored in the 19th century. Vinquoy is well preserved. Finds are not known.
The Vinquoy megalithic complex has four side niches, making it unique on Orkney alongside Cuween Hill Cairn on Mainland . The four side cells of Vinquoy go in pairs from the oval central chamber, which is reached by a low, almost four meter long corridor. Apart from these two systems, only Quoyness on Sanday (six) and the south grave on Papa Westray (12) have more than three side niches . The high standard of masonry technology in other systems could not be achieved with the local sandstone.
From the top of Vinqouy Hill you have a view over Eday , the Calf of Eday and when the weather is clear you can see almost the entire Orkney. The plants are adjacent:
- Braeside
- the two-story facility at Huntersquoy
- the 4.5 m high menhir Stone of Setter
literature
- Jane Downes, Sally M. Foster, Caroline R. Wickham-Jones (Eds.): The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. Research agenda. Historic Scotland, Edinburgh 2005, ISBN 1-904966-04-7 .
- 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 .