Eday Manse

Nearest town:
Kirkwall (24km SSW)
OS reference:
HY560324
OS sheets:
5, 6
Latitude:
59° 10' 34.6 N
Longitude:
2° 46' 11.56 W
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Images

Image of Eday Manse (Chambered Tomb) by Hob

Close up of a carved spiral from a chambered tomb, showing the peck marks.

Image credit: IH
Hob
Hob Feb 16, 2007
Image of Eday Manse (Chambered Tomb) by Hob

Currently in the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.

Image credit: IH
Hob
Hob Feb 16, 2007
Image of Eday Manse (Chambered Tomb) by Hob

As seen in ‘Inscribed Rocks...’ 1865.

Image credit: J Collingwood Bruce
Hob
Hob Feb 16, 2007

Articles

Eday Manse

greywether
greywether Dec 2, 2003

Maes Howe type chambered tomb. No obvious remnants of cairn or chambers currently visible. Stone decorated with spirals and concentric circles found here.

Miscellaneous

Eday Manse
Chambered Tomb
wideford
wideford Mar 2, 2004

RCAHMS NMRS record HY53SE 7 according to which it may still turn out to be a settlement mound . The carved stone became the lintel of a church but has not been found in the ruins . At HY560323 lies HY53SE 8 , six hard to distinguish mounds about which there has been much conjecture but no definitive answer as to what they are .

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