Quanterness Chambered Cairn

Quanterness chambered cairn is a Neolithic burial monument located on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland [1]. An Iron Age roundhouse built into the cairn was discovered during excavation in the early 1970s [1]. The dwelling was constructed around 700 BC [1]. Also found during excavation, were the remains of 157 people, pottery remnants and other artefacts [1]. The cairn is now a large grass-covered mound, 30 m in diameter and 3.2 m in height [1]. A long entrance passage led from the east end of the cairn into a long chamber, 6.5m by 1.9 m and 3.5 m high [1]. The cairn is a Maeshowe type of chambered cairn [1]. Radiocarbon dating has placed its construction to around 3400 BC [1].