Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier

Why it mattersKey megalithic for Orkney, Scotland, illustrating Orcadian Neolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.

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Built

c. 3000 BCE

Period

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE)

Culture

Orcadian Neolithic

Purpose

Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community

Excavation

Excavated

1. c. 3000 BCE

   Initial construction of Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier main structure

2. c. 835 BCE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier

3. 1960–2020

   Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection

• Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier — Main Megalithic Feature

  cairn

  Primary cairn at Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits

  58.9921° N · 3.0449° W

• Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure

  plaza

  Ancillary plaza at Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits

  58.9932° N · 3.0458° W

• Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel

  reservoir

  Outlier reservoir panel linked to Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape

  58.9906° N · 3.0449° W