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Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn, Orkney (ii)

Cairn’s entrance ladder:-

Wideford Chambered Cairn Ladder

Entrance from inside. You can see it’s quite restricted. The woman in the picture was our travelling companion:-

Entrance to Wideford Chambered Cairn, Orkney, from Inside

There is some graffiti on the walls.

Interior side wall (i):-

Wideford Chambered Cairn, Orkney, Wall

Interior side wall (ii):-

Wall, Wideford Chambered Cairn, Orkney

Close up on graffiti:-

Graffiti, Wideford Chambered Cairn, Orkney

Original entrance from inside:-

Original Entrance, Wideford Chambered Cairn, Orkney

Chambers:-

Inside Wideford Chambered Cairn, Orkney

Inside Cairn , Wideford, Orkney

Inside  Wideford Cairn, Orkney

The side of Wideford Hill where the chamber sits overlooks an inlet of the NorthSea/Atlantic called the Bay of Firth. The settlement of Finstown lies to the far left of the Firth, beyond the islands as seen in this photo stitch:-

From Wideford stitch, Orkney

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