Quoyness

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Title

Quoyness

Description

Quoyness chambered cairn is to be found on the Elsness peninsula and is approximately 5000 years old. The cairn is four metres high and has six chambers. The remains of 10 adults and five children were found in the tomb along with two curiously sculptured stone objects and a whale bone pin.

Source

sanday

Contributor

eulac3d

Type

Site

Identifier

659

Date Submitted

14/12/2021

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,59.2254884,-2.5682453;

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

Quoyness

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cupidoeu.org/wiki/index.php/Quoyness

Institutional nature

Archaeological

Prim Media

1218

Condition

1

Citation

“Quoyness,” CUPIDO, accessed July 9, 2025, https://www.cupidoeu.org/omeka/items/show/1220.

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