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Society of Antiquarians of Scotland, Hebden, who bought his Eday estate in 1850, "made considerable antiquarian researches over the island from time to time at his own
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The tomb most likely dates to the early third millennium BC, because of its similar design to
Maeshowe Neolithic chambered tomb on Mainland Orkney, which dates to 2800 BC. Vinquoy chambered cairn was originally scheduled by Historic Scotland in 1936.
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Vinquoy chambered cairn is a restored
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22:Vinquoy chambered cairn
500:Unstan Chambered Cairn
99:59.227299°N 2.772502°W
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404:Skara Brae
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225:Calf Sound
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140:Site notes
87:59°13′38″N
566:Mine Howe
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229:corbelled
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178:Neolithic
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