Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn

Wideford Hill chambered cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland [1]. The tomb dates to around 2000 BC, and is similar in design to the Maeshowe chambered cairn on Orkney [1]. The monument is situated on a steep west facing hill northwest of Wideford Hill and faces the Bays of Firth and Kirkwall [1]. The visible masonry shows the different construction stages of the Neolithic cairn with its three concentric walls built on an earthen platform [1]. The monument has a stepped facade, but the original shape was probably rounded or conical, with the stonework covered in clay and turf [1]. The site was excavated in the 1840s by George Petrie [1]. He did not uncover any human remains or other finds at the time and suggested that the burial monument had been filled with rubble and abandoned [1].