Carrick House Chambered Cairn NW of, Eday Eday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

Scheduled Monument Description

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The monument comprises the remains of a probable chambered burial cairn of Neolithic date.

The cairn is situated on an E-facing slope. It measures 8.5m across and up to 0.8m high, and appears to be of small to medium stones, with larger blocks protruding in the centre. These latter suggest that there has been a burial chamber here, but this is not certain. There is little doubt this is a prehistoric cairn, but it may be of Bronze Age rather than Neolithic date. There is no record of excavation.

The area to be scheduled is a circle 30m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around it in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive. This area is shown in red on the accompanying map extract.