Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — 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. 2800 BCE

Period

Late Neolithic (3200-2500 BCE)

Culture

Orcadian Neolithic

Purpose

Collective burial and territorial marker for agro-pastoral community

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c. 2800 BCE

   Initial construction of Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier main structure

2. c. 1050 CE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier

3. 19th–20th century

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

• Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier — Main Megalithic Feature

  dromos

  Primary dromos at Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier — burial gallery with stratified deposits

  59.1698° N · 2.9395° W

• Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure

  structure

  Ancillary structure at Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier — platform mound with stratified deposits

  59.1702° N · 2.9390° W

• Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel

  enclosure

  Outlier enclosure panel linked to Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape

  59.1706° N · 2.9398° W