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<< Our Photo Pages >> Linkertaing - Chambered Cairn in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by DrewParsons on Monday, 19 September 2022  Page Views: 5262

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Linkertaing Alternative Name: Muckle Hill of Linkertaing: Muckle Hill of Linkataing
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Eday Isalnd  Nearest Village: Cusbay
Map Ref: HY55393937
Latitude: 59.238548N  Longitude: 2.783624W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Linkertaing
Linkertaing submitted by DrewParsons : View showing the thin orthostats. September 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The remains of an Orkney-Cromarty type chambered cairn on the Isle of Eday, Orkney, with two uprights remaining standing and other slabs fallen. It has a splendid view out from the slopes of Muckle Hill of Linkertaing towards the Sound of Farray. It is remote and accessed from South Linkertaing along the rough track cum route which makes it way north towards Red Head.

I reached it walking south from Red Head along this same track.
Canmore Reference:http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/3181/details/eday+linkertaing/
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Linkertaing
Linkertaing submitted by DrewParsons : Located two kilometres south of Red Head along a walking route down the west coast of Eday Island, this is a remote, inspiring site. September 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Linkertaing submitted by DrewParsons : The site presented a wet, boggy face to me on the day I visited it but the views and wildness of the area made it a spectacular place to visit. September 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Linkertaing
Linkertaing submitted by DrewParsons : View of the two remaining standing stones from this chambered cairn. September 2010. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Linkertaing
Linkertaing submitted by DrewParsons : I hiked here from Red Head in mist and rain in late September 2010. A remote spot if ever there was! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Linkertaing
Linkertaing submitted by DrewParsons : One of the fallen stones described as being uncovered during peat cutting in the 1946 RCAHMS survey. September 2010.

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Re: Linkataing by AKFisher on Wednesday, 10 April 2024
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Additional links:
1. archaeologyorkney.com/tombs-of-the-isles/eday/linkataing-eday/
2. http://www.archiuk.com/cgi-bin/archi_new_search_engine.pl?search_location=HY%2055%2039&search_type=archi_town_search&pwd=freesearch@freesearch.com&TownName=Linkataing&county=Orkney%20Islands&search_range=10000&period=&font_size=&placename=Linkataing&info2search4=archi_town_search&PlacenameFromPlacenameFinder=Linkataing&CountyFromPlacenameFinder=Orkney%20Islands
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