Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace

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

Excavation ongoing

1. c. 3000 BCE

   Initial construction of Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace main structure

2. c. 1036 CE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace

3. 1973–2020

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

• Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace — Main Megalithic Feature

  plaza

  Primary plaza at Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits

  58.9996° N · 3.0313° W

• Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure

  reservoir

  Ancillary reservoir at Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace — central chambered cairn with stratified deposits

  58.9974° N · 3.0298° W

• Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel

  mound

  Outlier mound panel linked to Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn South — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape

  58.9980° N · 3.0305° W